Oh how I have missed…

 - by Brittany

Watching the snow fall. All of you in Reno may think I’m crazy, but I have missed the snowfalls Reno has. Reno had just enough snow to satisfy me, and then it would melt away. Since moving here, I have missed this. Last winter, there was no snow. There’s so many trees, I can’t even see the mountains that have snow. It never felt like winter. Even in Vegas, you can see Mt. Charleston with a snow tipped mountain.

Well, yesterday it started snowing, and today it was sticking. I’ve always thought it was pretty here, but with every tree covered in snow, I was in my own little “Winter Wonderland.” There’s still so many trees and shrubs that have leaves, plus the trees that have lost theirs, when covered in snow, it’s beautiful. See? I’m not kidding.

(This is our backyard.)

We had errands to run, and I couldn’t wait to go out and run around in it. Seriously, I don’t mind driving around in this weather or hauling my kids around in it. Our first stop was Discount Tire, who has had my tire fixed since last Thursday. That place was crazy today. I overheard there was a 10 hour wait. The guy didn’t make me wait, though. He acted like I had made an appointment, and put my tire back on for me, and put my spare back underneath. So I only ended up being there about an hour. Next, we headed to the post office. Jameson made out like a bandit. He received 2 birthday cards from great-grandma’s, 1 package from Grandma Gordon, and we all received 1 Thanksgiving card from Grandma Judd. It’s always so much fun to get mail, and not just our bills. Jameson also received a box from Grammy Brazell today. He’s a popular kid. I thought about making him wait for everything for his actual birthday, but maybe we’ll spread it out through the week, if he’s good. So, he got to open one when he got home.

Dad helped him with the tape…

And then he got to discover what was inside…

Background: My mom had asked what he wanted, and she got just that. He loves Tinkerbell and Buzz. We have even had to Redbox a few Tinkerbell movies for him. He always wants to watch her. Can you blame him? She is one hot fairy, and she’s the mechanical one. So it works.

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