California Girls Get a Taste of Missouri Winter

Melodi and Lacey arrived from California on Feb.21 around 2a.m. in the morning. I didn't even know they were home until I woke up the next morning. Super nice way to start the day!

When the girls woke up it had snowed a good 6 inches. It kept snowing all day and we ended up with about 11 inches, give or take an inch. Depending on whether you were standing in a hole or not. It was snowing hard, really hard. Lacey was mesmerized  by the snow. We have a huge window in our living room with a good view of the bird feeders, the woods across our gravel road and all the places the dogs decide to go poop. Why they can't go in the back yard I will never know.

After a big country breakfast the girls decided to go outside and explore.  Maybe make some snow angels and just generally play in the snow.  We had all sorts of Carhart overalls, jackets, insulators, gloves and goofy hats for them to wear. Before they walked out the door my camera was flashing. I gotta admit they did look  cute .

The woods and trees were beautiful. It was snowing hard and fast most of the day. In the picture below Melodi had made a snow angel and then had on too many clothes to get up. Lacey had to help her.
 
         

                                                                                  
They wandered around outside for about an hour.  Lacey was  amazed at the amount of snow we had received, the quietness caught her attention also. They both became worried when they realized the road was closed.We are used to roads being closed in bad weather. Melodi was raised that way but has been living all over the United States and had not lived in a place like ours for quite some years.  We got the old photo albums out and showed Lacey the way Melodi grew up. It was a fun trip to wander in the past and tell stories the way each of us remembered them. It is amazing to me still, that people can live in the same house, with the same people and remember things differently. It is all about perspective.We  each have our own story to tell.

Lacey had never had snow cream. She loved it. We made it twice while they were here. We cooked homemade chili and cornbread. Made chocolate oatmeal cookies, and a good stew, and hot chocolate to top things off.  It was all winter comfort foods that we wanted to share with the girls. It was some of Melodi's favorite 'snowed in ---no school today foods'.

We enjoyed their visit and look forward to many more. I hope they have a safe trip back to California. I am sending them copies of all the pictures we made, along with a heaping amount of love.