Snow, Rain, moon glow and baby bun

I'm having trouble keeping up with my life! Our friends Julie, Jeff, Jacob and Jack joined us in Flagstaff last weekend for a snow day. We had great fun and our snow hill preformed famously. The snow was somewhat icey and the older kids had made bumps and holes that sent us flying. We used a shovel and filled in the holes so we had no broken bones. Which made me happy since I ended Friday at work with taking care of a 14 year old with a dislocated elbow and broken arm. That was my 2nd broken bone last week! That was enough for a few days! I took Monday off. Extra time to play in the snow and time to go with Faye and Javier to see the baby via ultrasound. It was the most amazing sight! The little bun's heart was beating! Arms, legs, nose, chin, spine and even ribs were clearly visible. She is cute as a button. Yes, I said she. The doctor said, "It's a girl!" He sounded pretty sure, but will check again next month. I am excited!
This is Jack 3 years old, fearless and funny!
We celebrated Jeff's 40th Birthday and Julie made a snow man cake with was enjoyed by all.
This is the snow on our porch. As you can see it is up to the railings. The other end where the icicles were flowing off the roof, we had a mini glacier a foot or 2 of pure ice!
Back to Phoenix with the full moon closer to the earth and so larger than it's been for a long time. I was driving home and saw it soon after it rose. Ran into the house told Jules, I'm going to take pictures of the Moon. I then drove around the neighborhood looking for a wonderful shot and didn't really find it till it was a little higher and so not as large appearing, but in reality still the same size. On the Phoenix end of my life, we got 2.8" of rain over 24 hours the end of the week before last. Arkansian's and Brisbanian's may scoff at this but when you remember that it was almost half of our normal yearly rainfall it is a lot! There was flooding everywhere and lots of snow in the high country.
Here is Jules digging our way into our Flagstaff homestead
These 3 pictures are Oak Creek Canyon under snow, Love those reflections. Both the blue skies and trees are shown in the reflections.

Let it Snow!

These pictures were taken last time we were in Flagstaff. I think there is at least 2 feet of snow there now! I've had the last 2 days off and it has been great, time for a little cooking, baking, partying, bird watching, relaxing, reading and shopping. Thank heavens very little shopping because parking is crazy out there. We saw the movie Julie, Julia last night and it is so, so funny! So, if you haven't seen it, go check it out as it is now in the video stores. It's about Julia Child and a woman Julia who decided to cook every recipe in her book 524 or so in 365 days and blogs about it. Two true stories put together. I think I would like to read the book.
Bare aspen tree against a blue Flagstaff sky. I love taking pictures looking straight up at trees. I think I'll put a bunch together on a blog one of these days.
Kids sledding with the greatest view of the Flagstaff area. I bet they didn't even look at the view, probably lost in the sledding experience. Isn't it wonderful being lost in the moment, enjoying yourself so, so much that you are not aware of anything else. Those are little miracles I think. I try to remember those moments sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I think that we remember more when more senses are involved. I wonder if any studies have been done on memory and senses?
Clouds tend to come and go very quickly in the high country. The whole sky can be clear and a half hour later the whole sky can be cloudy. There are often clouds hanging out over the peaks even on sunny days like you see in this picture.
This was a snowy day and the sky looks snow gray. This was taken when we walked around the golf course after snow. There was a few inches of fresh snow on the ground, still easy to walk around the golf cart path.
Merry Christmas to you all if I don't write again before Christmas!