Snow!

For our family vacation this year, we decided to go to Pittsburgh to visit my brother Mike and his family. Of course, Max's vacation days were in January, so we got to experience winter! We thought the kids would especially love playing in the snow, something they don't normally get to see. Mason did not like the cold at first. We had a layover in New York City overnight, so we went outside to catch the shuttle to our hotel and Mason was SCREAMING. He would not walk out the doors because it was too cold. Everyone looked at us like we were crazy. I had to explain that we are from San Diego and do not know what cold feels like. We eventually dragged him outside, but he was inconsolable until we were warm in our hotel room. When we got to Pittsburgh and he saw how much fun his cousins were having outside, he joined in. :) And, he and Archie played outside every day that we were there. They loved it and were so sad to leave their cousins and the snow!

Archie loved eating the snow! His lips and chin are still chapped from it. (And yes, he is wearing a pink snowsuit. It's Violet's. We didn't have our own.)

The best family picture we could get, with our uncooperative kids.

Me and my newest nephew, Leo.

Archie hiking back up the hill after a trip down on the sled.

Max, the boys, and Violet and Thaddeus trying to build a snowman. They weren't successful, the snow was too powdery.