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We actually got some snow today!  We played outside in the afternoon, but Sam was more interested in drinking hot chocolate.  Eventually, the snow turned to rain, so it was a pretty wet afternoon.

After a few days with Brian’s family, we ventured across the state again to my family.  Luckily, there was still some snow on the ground (from Christmas morning that somehow missed Brian’s parents’ house).

Sam wanted to make “foot holes” in the snow.

We also spent a day at the lake.   I haven’t been there since this picture, taken at Thanksgiving 2007.  (Brian is holding a 4 week old Sam.)  The lake has changed a lot in some ways and not much at all in others.

While most of the world has moved beyond Christmas, I’m still behind in posting and packing up. Early on Christmas Eve morning, Samantha woke up crying. She had gotten sick in her bed.
It was the first day of our holiday, and we started it by being sick. She had a bad cough, and when worked up, got sick. Otherwise, she was fine. We still participated in our normal Christmas
activities, like Christmas Eve brunch at my grandparent’s house. (Sorry – no pictures.) Then soup at my house and Christmas Eve mass. Here are some shots of Christmas morning.

Then we rushed slushed off to Brian’s parents’ house to have lunch!

It is currently 24 degrees with a wind chill of 13 degrees. It’s been snowing since about 9AM yesterday, although surprisingly we haven’t had any accumulation. It’s just plain cold.

This morning, we awoke to snow on the ground.  It was leftover from yesterday!  Can you believe it?  We played in the snow yesterday afternoon, so here are some pictures.

Getting mittens on those tiny hands was harder than I expected.

Throwing snowballs at Daddy:

Making a snow angel:

Running down a little hill and getting tripped up over her feet: