Innaguration Day

On January 20th, 2009 Raleigh had the most viewers of the Presidential Election of any city in the U.S. Not really surprising if you check out the weather we had. In total we accumulated 6 inches of snow (in our town at least) -- which shut down the schools and a good chunk of the businesses in the area. It was brilliant and fun and wonderful! Here are some pictures of us enjoying the snow:

Here are the three munchkins. When we first went outside, it was still early -- 8:30 AM and the snow was still falling, although lightly. As we stayed out, it really picked up and turned into these big, lovely flakes! We were surprised that only one other family was outside playing -- a family from NY who probably desperately miss the snow!

Chad and Olivia enjoyed a good snowball fight! All of us got in on the action (after the camera was put away, of course!). I think we all had snow in our shoes and shirts!

Here is Isaac hanging out in our neighbor's yard.

We don't get a lot of snow out here (duh!), so what's the point in buying a sled? Chad had to improvise and use a sheet of foam insulation! Our street ends in a cul-de-sac with a huge hill. Chad took Ezren down to "sled" on it. When the insulation came to a stop, Ezren did not and kept sliding for another good 10 feet!

And here's one more picture from January. Olivia had her annual gymnastics performance on the 31st. She was awesome! Here she is at home before we left.