snow where to hide....

Woke up to SNOW this morning....

Yes, this is how much snow we got.........no joke!

Doesn't look like much snow in our part of the city....

But....

 The NE Heights seemed to have got a wee more snow than us.
(lucky them)

Awww..... Spring flowers covered in snow

There was enough snow in some parts of the city to cause a power outage.
Like at Fifi's school.....

About 10:30 AM her school called me to let me know school had been cancelled due to
power outage!

Some parents were none too happy to have their day interrupted to pick up their kid.

I, myself, was more than HAPPY to have Fifi back.
(Power outage or not)

I never really noticed before but the school doesn't have very many windows.
The school was VERY dark and BLACK
almost eerie~~~

Despite the ciao...
 The students were very happily excited to have this unexpected day off.

Downtown very early in the morn....

Then by 2 PM the snow was a memory.
The Sun was shining as if snow had never fallen.

A trail of melted snow lines the sidewalks

I wish I would've made a snowman..... or even a snowball.

Hágoónee'

After a few days at Cheii's and Nana's house.

 And after hours of laughter and fun, we are on our way home today.

We'll miss them very much.

We leave with tons of fun memories in the SNOW and mud.

But before we got on the road we had an early "family" dinner with Nana and Cheii in Gallup.

"Have a safe trip.........awwwk" 

We saw this hawk on the speed limit sign.

Cookie thought that even the hawk wanted to bid us farewell.

Awesome..... 

We had a great dinner in Gallup. 

The following photos are what we see on the way back to ABQ.

En route via East I-40 just past Continental Divide, NM.

Near Grants, NM with Mt. Taylor in the distance.

Just past To'hajiilee, NM

The photo above is our last glimpse of SNOW. It is also an optical illusion. 

It appears I'm taking the photo out of the drivers window.

But in fact it's Bam taking a photo out of the passenger window into the reflection of the mirror.

He entitles this photo Hágoónee' 

 (I really like this perspective)

Here we are with the Sandia Mountains in the distant coming towards nine mile hill.

As you can see, the SNOW is almost non existent. 

We're in Albuquerque now and the sunset is as beautiful as ever.

We are safe and sound at home now. 

.......with a few snowballs in the freezer.

(hehehe)

Cheii & Nana's little helpers

The children started the day early this morning.

Cheii's early morning helper

Bam helped Cheii with his morning tasks.

While the girls and I helped Nana in the house with her tasks.

Then Sweetheart hears the Rooster crowing outside.

She says that the Rooster is calling her.................to read to him! 

Sweetheart says Rooster's favorite book is
 A Wrinkle in Time and Charlotte's Web.

 "After all," says Sweetheart, "he doesn't have proper hands to turn the pages of a book. 

It's the right thing to do." Sweetheart so cleverly announces as she heads to the rooster's house.

Can a Rooster be a bookworm??

By the time noon rolled around, we were all ready for lunch.

Nana made a delicious veggie stew, fresh fry bread with hot coffee and hot cocoa for the kids.

I can smell it now! Can you???

After lunch, the kids tried to get in what ever SNOW play time they could before it melted.
And it was MELTING quickly........

Chasing and racing 

Sir Kyle in his winter parka

Even Sir Kyle enjoyed the SNOW while looking for his little friend Skippy John Jones.

As the SNOW began to melt rapidly......
Cookie decided to shovel the slush that had accumulated on the walk way.
The end result was a very muddy but happy child.

What do you call a mud covered Cookie?
A muddy buddy!!

We all enjoyed a good laugh.

Happy Memories.

Good times, good times...........

Boxing Day on the ranch

We're hitting the road this Boxing Day.

We've decided to visit Nana and Cheii in Vanderwagen, NM.

We left our NON-SNOW region of NM to the pleasant SNOW covered grounds of the four-corners.

Breathe taking......

The children were thrilled with the first sightings of SNOW against the Red Rocks as we entered Gallup.

When we arrived at Cheii and Nana's house there was more SNOW!

Cheii said they had significantly more SNOW earlier this week.

We were glad to play in any amount of it!

hear the snow crunch......

The kids had a great time sledding

Princess Fifi and Nana's lil' dog, Skippy John Jones, both
enjoying a ride on the sled

 snow bright, snow sprite, first snow I see tonight......

It was very refreshing to get outside with the kids in the snow on a beautiful winter day.

Cheii enjoyed pulling the kids around on the sled.

Nana and I enjoyed catching up on our conversations.

Is that a bear out of hybernation???
No.....
that's just Blacky

We enjoyed our Boxing Day on the ranch.

Best wishes at your celebration for "Father Christmas," from all of us!

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Look at the surprise we woke up to this morning.

!!SNOW!!

We enjoyed all 15 minutes of it before it melted away.......

Do you want to see a traditional NM snowman???

TUMBLEWEED SNOWMAN of ABQ 

(off of Westbound I-40)

snowed in?

The big storm that went over our area has left SNOW at our house!

I know, I know, it barely covers the pine needles.

Can you believe that SCHOOL IS CANCELLED today.

?????

Most areas of the city got a significant amount of snow.

We just live in the area of town that got the least amount of SNOW.

 --Only in New Mexico--

*sigh*

A snow day means we have the day off.

Maybe we should get some.......................... ICE CREAM!!

break out the snow boots kids.......... there's SNOW!!