We came to visit Nana's farm for Christmas and we got snowed in and will be here through Christmas and a few days beyond that until we can get out of the driveway.
Yesterday all the kids ventured out in the snow and had their own sorts of fun. Jacob discovered the fun of diving head and hands first in the snow;
Sophia tasted the snow;
Luke went off to the hill to explore and
Hannah did a bit of each thing -- tasting, exploring and diving.
It was fun to watch them enjoy the snow. I made a snow angel and Sophia cried watching me flap in the snow. I tried to help her make her own angel but she wasn't a willing participant.
Luke tried to start a snowball fight with Sophia -- she wasn't interested in that either.....
Luke, Hannah and Sophia got a wooden train set from Uncle Mike
We had an early celebration with Uncle Tom
before he headed back to Michigan on Tuesday evening. I admire this man's patience with the kids. The three youngest spent a lot of time on his lap.
The kids in their New Zealand long underwear ;-)
The kids got New Zealand gifts from Lois this year as she had just spent 3 weeks hiking through New Zealand this fall.
Jacob was excited to get a remote control car from Uncle Mike
Santa Claus made an early visit to the farm to fill the stockings. We'll have to send him a letter to ask him to pay a trip to Hot Springs when we get back home.
Helping Sophia open her stocking
With the snow's arrival we were unable to get to a Christmas Eve service last night -- probably the first Christmas Eve service I've ever missed. We had a quiet evening here and the kids each had one more present from Nana to open. Today we've relaxed and stayed inside most of the day to stay warm. Jacob, Hannah, and I ventured out to the compost pile to check the snow depths for Pat (He traveled back to Hot Springs early because he was having trouble with allergies at the farm).
Silly Sophia with her first set of braided pigtails
So we are apart on Christmas and it is not the sort of Christmas I expected this year. But the kids are enjoying one another and have found interesting games and things to play with at Nana's. And I am enjoying the beauty of the snow falling outside and watching the kids play and enjoy their family.
Merry Christmas!
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