Snow in Indiana

It's been a while since my last post. I've had some technical difficulties with Blogger, but I finally had a chance to have Chris work on it last night, so I'm back!


On the day after Christmas, we drove 500 + miles north to visit our family in Indiana. Central Indiana was under a blizzard warning that day. The kids became excited at the prospect of real snow, not just the light dusting we get down in Georgia.

In the end, I'm not sure if it was really a blizzard, but it definitely was snow. Over the 5 days we were there, there was at least an accumulation of 12 inches or so. Had school been in session in Indy, it probably wouldn't have resulted in any school closings, maybe a 2 hour delay. Now, if this had been Georgia, the schools would have been closed a week!

Here are the kids at Grandpa Nick's house. See the little snowman they built? James even helped by shoveling the sidewalk.

Here's a closer look at the snowman.

Here's Hannah with Grandpa's kitty (named Cat).

Here's Hannah at my parents' house.

Snickers LOVED the snow! We've had such mild weather in Georgia, her hair has been shedding in clumps. She was very frisky in the cold and snowy Indiana weather.

The kids went sledding for the first time ever at Cool Creek Park in Carmel. We met up with Chris' brother, Dave and two of his three boys.

You had to be a wee bit careful because this creek was at the bottom of the hill.

James preferred belly sledding. We picked up some super thin snow boards from a discount store that worked pretty well on the packed snow.

Cousin Evan

Chris and his older brother, Dave

Hannah & Chris went down the hill together.

Here they are on their way back up.

Cousin Daniel

James had a blast!

Daniel and Dave's turn.

Now Evan has a turn with his Dad.

We weren't properly dressed for sledding. The kids lasted about an hour before we had to call it quits. Without snow pants, their jeans got pretty wet.

I'm so glad that the kids got to see some snow, but I'm glad to be back in the South!