Happy New Year! Photo-heavy post

So, 2013 is here. Something some people thought we wouldn't see (shoot, they thought we wouldn't even see Christmas) - instead, we got...wait for it...Apoca-lizzard!!!  That's Apocalypse + Blizzard, just in case you were wondering. I saw "Snowmaggedon" used some - but they had that last year on the east coast. And I saw "Snowpocalypse" used a lot; but, really, Apocalizzard is funnier. And  in the interest of full disclosure, one of my Facebook friends came up with it - I did not.

We lost power during the wee small hours of the morning on December 26. My husband woke up at 3:00 and said, "Power's out." Amazing how those two words woke me up immediately. I texted Entergy and got a text back "Server overloaded. Please call to report your outage."  I had no idea how bad it was until the sun came up, I had my glasses on and I could look at the outage map.  We were without power until Friday afternoon but have friends who were out until early evening last night (12/31).  It is amazing how bad things were in Little Rock!

The kids had a blast playing in the snow - and so, a week later, here's how Apocalizzard looked at The Shoe. Other than resizing, all of these photos are SOOC. 

My next-door neighbor's tree. Pretty, even if she did lose a few branches.

Bitsy about to make a Snow Angel. She did bundle up right after this - but initially she bounded out the door without zipping, grabbing a hat or gloves. She learned...quickly!

Bit's Snow Angel

Nin had to make a Snow Angel, too

They loved being out in the snow. Elizabeth asked, "Is this our Christmas card picture for next year?" I hope I get another great picture of them during 2013 - but just in case I don't, you may see this one again! ;)

 

Trying to sled (she eventually got the hang of it...after putting the sled into the ruts the tires had created)

Here is everyone else on the sled they got last year for Christmas and never got to use since we didn't really have "winter" last year!

And here's your warning:  I love the way icy, snowy trees look against a crystal-clear, blue sky. These are just a few of my favorites.  

 

And here's a shot of a bit of our cedar. So glad we didn't lose any of it - several of our neighbors lost big chunks of their cedar trees.