Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Catching Snowflakes

A Snowy Day...March 1st, 2009

After Church we went to Mimi's house for some yummy homemade soup that Momi made. While we were there it began to snow...pretty big flakes so we thought we better head home and boy did we leave just in time. We've never seen flakes so big before. It snowed and snowed and snowed! Okay, now Debbie, Judy, Carol...we know this isn't a big snow for y'all but for us...

IT WAS HUGE!

SNOW BALL FIGHT!!

SNOW ANGEL

Not baseball but...SNOWBALL!

Hodges Family of 5...March 2009

We took the babies out just long enough for a quick family photo. The babies' did not like the snow hitting their little faces. We had Evan's snowsuit from Russia that

we put on Elijah and Ella wore Uncle Brent's snowsuit.

(Yes, Amma saved it...Yes, it's over 30 years old)

Okay, I have to explain this photo. You see, Evan's hat was entirely too big, his mittens didn't fit nor did they match plus they were both right handed. We just don't have snowy day attire, normally we don't need it. Luckily, he did have rubber boots

that I had bought the day before for him to wear in the creek.

Snowflakes falling from the sky, from the sky, from the sky, Snowflakes falling from the sky, to the ground below. Watch them as they dance and whirl, dance and whirl, dance and whirl, Watch them as they dance and whirl, soft white winter snow.

Evan and Mommy.

OUR SNOWY HOME

This picture is for our friends up north...this is what we call A LOT OF SNOW!!! LOL

Our table and chairs on our back deck.

Looking out our back door.

Our dogs, Woody and Maci

Evan's 1st Snow (at Home)

January 16, 2008 Evan's first GEORGIA snow!!

Just a couple of days after we got home we had our first GA snow since Evan has been home. I was so sad that I couldn't go out and play with Evan. I've been begging for snow since we got home from Russia...I kept telling everyone, "I just want to play in the snow with my little boy" It finally snows and I can't...what a major bummer for me. Anyway, Evan and Daddy had a ball in the snow. Evan kept telling Clay what snow in Russia is like. He would say things like how much colder it is in Russia and that there is lots more snow than we had. Evan "taught" his Daddy how to make snow angles...we're guessing he learned that one from t.v.. Evan and Daddy had a ball! I enjoyed watching them from the window chase each other with snowballs and sliding down the slide. I'm so thankful for the snow because Evan had a ball and some special one on one time with his Daddy.



Our first snow together...April 2005...Evan was 21 months old and so tiny!!!


It's been a while since our little Siberian boy played in the snow. Almost, 3 years ago actually. I can't believe that it's been that long. When we were last with Evan in the snow he wasn't sure exactly who we were. He recognized our faces from the picture taped to his bedboard and from his photo album that he carried around, but we were suddenly story book characters that came to life. It's so hard to believe sometimes that he is even the same little boy. The child who was once so timid and nervous now shakes away fear of almost anything. That first week learning Evan and him learning us a Mama and Papa then Mommy and Daddy and not just pictures in a book was by far one of the best weeks of my life.