Spring is Here! ...... I think

Aren't daffodils so pretty? They always remind me of spring! And the day we got them, the sky was blue, the spring peepers were peeping, the birds were chirping merrily, wildflowers were beginning to bloom, and the trees were budding. 

Lovely daffodils, don't you think? But then take in the big picture...

Lots of snow out the window!
I don't know.... do you think the background should be lots of white snow or lush green grass beginning to sprout? 

But this morning we woke up to 5 inches of snow. 

Poor wildflowers. 

At The Ski Lodge...

Random things that happened at the ski lodge today:

- listening to the radio and hearing a man say "It's so cold that when you step outside it freezes your nostrils!" 

- stopping to adjust my scarf, just realizing that the song playing on the loud speakers is Hello and then finding out that I wasn't the only one to find that out. A very little boy no older than DareDevil starts belting out "HELLOOOOOO FROM THE OTHER SIDE!!!" (I had to Google the lyrics because I didn't know if the words were other side or outside. I've only heard this song once during vocal class :P) 

- gliding through soft, fluffy powder snow and thanking God for the beautiful weather! 

- sitting in the cafeteria and trying to thaw out while watching a little dark-haired girl maybe about one and a half years old following her mother who's talking on the phone. And trying not to laugh when the girl puts her hand on her ear and squeaks "Haylo?" "Haylo?" "Haylo?" 

- sipping piping hot chocolate and munching on an apple turnover (mmm....SO good! :) 

- watching DareDevil go over a jump that, mini though it is, I absolutely refuse to try. And then listening to him ask "Am I almost as better as you yet?" :P (I think he means good, not better, but he hasn't figured that stuff out quite yet ;)

- moving forward to help DareDevil onto the chairlift and hearing the operator ask him "How ya doin', young man?" Then "And how are you, Mom?" And realizing with shock that he's addressing me :P 

- cringing as a skier slips on a steep hill, rolls, and goes down in a cloud of snow. Ouch. 

 - seeing a bright pink sign on the girls' bathroom door that says "Out of order for 10 minutes. Male cleaners inside". And according to Tiger Lily, there had been a sign on the boys' bathroom that said "Out of order of 10 minutes. Female cleaners inside"!! XD 

- glad that I brought my computer so that the Willis Clan could drown out the music-that-I'd-rather-not-hear in the cafeteria 

- going up a "new" chairlift (aka one that I hadn't gone on before but DareDevil and Dad had) and staring with utter horror at the very steep hill in front of me. The conversation while we were riding over that hill: 

DareDevil: "I went down that one and it's really fun! 

Me: Ummm....it looks pretty scary!

DareDevil: Oh, it's not scary at all! 

Me: Yeah...okay 

When we got off the chairlift, I let him be the leader since I didn't really know any of the hills and he had already gone on all of them. He led me around a couple of curves until we came to a "crossroads", or where the hills split off into different tracks. He looked around, then said "Let's take an easy one first since you're not quite used to it yet." XD Isn't he a good brother? ;) 

- laughing when Tiger Lily peels off her scarf and finds that the part of the scarf over her mouth had frozen completely stiff

- taking out my contact lenses and being very much aware of the (horrified) faces that Tiger Lily was making at me (she still can't get over the fact that I'm picking something out of my eye :P) 

Winter Wonderland

Waking up to a beautiful sight like this is just breathtaking! God is a wonderful Creator!!

Let me start from the beginning of the crazy weather that's been happening around here lately. So, on February 23rd, there was lots and lots of mud. Just mud, mud, and more mud. 

On the morning of the 24th, it was a very cloudy day. I went out to give the chickens their water and heard ice tinkling in the treetops. Apparently, it had rained last night, and then frozen over. Everything was covered in ice. 

Later on the day, it snowed and rained. But I guess it snowed more, since next morning everything had a nice coat of snow!

And then today, I woke up to a breathtaking sight. You know that time in the morning where the sun is a deep golden? Well, I saw that gorgeous light reflect off the ice drops covering the tree branches. It  looked like someone had draped a million lights over the trees and then turned them on. It was so beautiful! 

After the sun rose higher, its colour turned a bright white, and so did the trees. It was .... a winter wonderland. 

Thank you God for such beautiful mornings! :) 

The Very Belated Photo Post

Hello all! Here it is, the very belated photo post.

Enjoy! 

Monday, January 4: Puzzles 

Okay, this picture was actually taken on the 5th, but the picture that I had for the 4th
didn't turn out as well as I would have liked and it was really hard to see the subject :( 

Tuesday, January 5: Happy 10th Birthday, Ironman!  

Wednesday, January 6: First Time Skater! 

Thursday, January 7: Meringue

Friday, January 8: Superwoman! 

Snow White's creativity....

Sunday, January 10: January 10 :) 

Tuesday, January 12: Math. . . 

just a note though, I am no longer doing Precalculus! Yippee! :P Found out
that it was wwaaayyy too advanced for me, so now I'm going through Algebra II
instead ;) 

Thursday, January 14: Colonial Tea Set

Friday, January 15: Chickens + Snow

Saturday, January 16: The Photo of a Photo

Sunday, January 17: My Song To-Do List

Monday, January 18: Snow! 

Tuesday, January 19: Ski Pile

Yup, I wore ALL of that to go skiing :P 

Wednesday, January 20: Skiing! 

And just an extra picture... it was snowing really hard when we left! 

Thursday, January 21: Calendar Picture

Friday, January 22: Brother and Sister

Sunday, January 24: Meeting Yoda

Monday, January 25: Showing Off His Motorcycle ;) 

Tuesday, January 26: Ever After! 

Here's a picture of the DVD that I won from Heidi.
I was totally blown away with the cover!
I thought it was going to look like this:

But what I got is SOOO much prettier than the other one!!
Thank you so much, Heidi! :) 

Wednesday, January 27: Puppy Face

Thursday, January 28: Snow Covered Bush

Friday, January 29: Fluffy Elephant

Saturday, January 30: Photo Shoot with a Friend! :D 

Sunday, January 31: Friends Forever

A beautiful water-colour painting given to me by one of my
dearest friends! :) 

Monday, February 1: Old, Broken Jewelry

The pearls at the bottom are mostly missing, the clasp on the other piece is
totally gone, and did you know that it used to be on a necklace? I was
attempting to make the jewelry prettier than what it actually looks like
in real life. Do you think I succeeded, or does it still look pretty old and broken and
somewhat ugly? 

Tuesday, February 2: A Printed Photograph. . . 

Wednesday, February 3: Watching Studio C

Thursday, February 4: Ice Cream in a Cup

Friday, February 5: Sweet (literally) Sixteen! 

Yours truly turned 16! :D
 I woke up to a family waiting in the dining
room to surprise me with banners, birthday decorations, presents. these pretty
cakes and a whole lot of love! :D
I have an awesome family!!!!! :) 

Saturday, February 6: Birthday Banner

A corner of the beautiful and very colourful banner that my siblings made for me.
Ironman drew a very pretty sunrise, and then I found out that Tiger Lily had snuck in
"You're old!"  at the bottom of a mountain.  Isn't she the loveliest sister? :P 

Sunday, February 7: Mouldy Sandwich

Note to self: Always check to make sure that the ski bag is completely empty.
Or else you might find, well, that. 

Monday, February 8: Three Little Skiers

Look who started skiing!! I managed to persuade Mom to let Toblerone try skiing
in the last two hours of our ski day, and she agreed. At the end of about 1.5 hours, he
was able to ski straight a little ways by himself! He's growing up so fast!! :)