A FIRST BIRTHDAY!

I can't believe it!

Never ending snow.

The snow here has seemed never ending.  Along with it comes the cold, the very cold.  But when it decides to hit the high twenties we take advantage of all that snow.  These first two pictures had potential of being great but someone forgot to check their ISO before shooting.  GRRRR

I loved the snowflakes in her eyelashes.

Some iphone shots:

Kaia loves collecting icicles. 

Wow today the temp finally got above freezing!  The top layer of snow was finally wet enough to make a snowman!  

WINTER

Before we moved here we were warned about Michigan winters.  The last two years have not been much to talk about but this year has been crazy.  MSU closed for two days due to snow and cold weather which has only happened five times in the last 130 years!  The public schools were recently closed for a week straight.  Michiganders have been saying this is the worst winter they can remember. When it gets above twenty degrees it feels warm and we bundle up and head outside so we don't go stir crazy.  Here are a few photos of the snow here.

Sometimes I get behind on blogging and wonder if it's even worth it.  Then I think of how we are away from our families and I look at pictures like this and I remember why I keep a blog.  This is a photo of Kaia shortly after we moved to Michigan.  How did she change so quickly?  And now I have Rylee who looks about the same as Kaia did when we moved here.  I promise I will try to do better.

Photos of playing in the snow coming soon.