Thursday, January 17, 2008

Let it Snow!

Just as we were going to bed last night we looked out our window to see giant snow flakes falling! I was momentarily taken back to our Wyview apartment in Provo, UT, where one of my favorite things was to watch the snow fall through the street lights. Of course it only lasted a short time, but it was enough to provide at a few hours worth of fun the next morning. I know, most of you live where you can't wait to get some color back into your landscape and stop shoveling your driveways, but when it's 75 on Thanksgiving, a half an inch of snow is wonderful!

Most of Shannon pictures looked like this...mouth open, squealing in delight!

For your reading pleasure....a few of my fondest snow memories

1. As I was trying to sleep at midnight in Helamen Halls my freshman year of BYU, I was jolted by the sound of screams in the quad. I looked out the window to see a sea of freshman playing in the first snow of the year. Of course I had to join in, even though the only shoes I could find were my Tevas.

2. While driving home from Park City one winter, the junk from the road (you know, salt, sand, clay, etc) had built up on our windshield and we could no longer see the road. So we pulled out some Windex from the trunk, only to discover a Windex slushy. We poured in on anyways, only to have it freeze to the windshield. We made it home on a prayer.

3. After living in Memphis for a year, and being snow deprived, Steve and I headed to Utah in March for my sisters wedding. Luckily it snowed the night we arrived. Of course I had to get out at 7 am (time change meant my body thought it was 9 am) the next morning and make snowmen, snowballs, snow angels, etc. I got a few strange looks, probably from people who been living with snow for the past 6 months and couldn't understand my enthusiasm.

4. The sound of snow melting in the afternoon sun...it sound like rain.

That's my Shanny!

I would like to add a new mystery to the 7 wonders of the world...3 year olds! I feel like I shake my head everyday wondering what is going through Shannon's head. Our latest incidence occurred when Shannon put her hand through the plastic lid of her shape bucket. Instead of letting me slide it off, she wore it the entire day...eating, sleeping, knocking herself in the head while trying to preform daily tasks, etc. Just before bath time she declared that she would wear it forever. It took Steve and I to hold her down, pour shampoo over her arm, and effortlessly slide it off. All in a days work in the life of a 3 year old.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Old Friends

Steve and Clint were mission companions in Brazil 10 YEARS AGO! After returning to BYU, they kept in touch. I met Clint (and his wife Wendy) shortly after Steve and I got engaged and the similarities between us were nuts! Steve is 6'3, I''m 5'3. Clints 6'8, Wendy's 5'8, even though we got married a year apart, we had picked out the same wedding dresses, etc. We spent many fun evenings in Provo playing games and laughing. They've been in Atlanta for a while and we finally visited them on our most recent trip to the temple. Shannon had a ball playing with their daughter Alissa (hmm, sounds like Melissa, good name). The adults stayed up past midnight playing cards and eating junk food. The best part was realizing that although a great deal of time has passed, we're all still the same. Sure the amount of kids has increased and the hair decreased, but when you reunite with good friends, it's like you never missed a beat.






Clint 6'8
Melissa 5'3