Merry Christmas from the Moores

Like a lot of the rest of the world (except you southern hemisphere folks) we're reveling in the snow right now. It looks like it'll be a white, sunny Christmas for the Moores, just the way we like it. The snow held off until Uncle Q and Aunt Karen arrived, they left at 4am to make the long drive from Phoenix so they'd miss any bad weather. They got here in record time and made it a couple of hours before the snow started. It started on Tuesday night, raged all day Wednesday, and we woke to clear sunny skies today. The south side of our house will probably all melt away but our tree is in a room on the north side of our house so we'll look out into a nice, snowy white expanse tomorrow as we open our gifts by the roaring fire.

Travis, the ever patient, has taught FFM how to shovel snow. WITH mittens on no less!
(note: we got more snow than this little drift in the pic, this is the third time we've shoveled the driveway)
Yesterday was Christmas cookie baking day here at our house. So of course for dessert we had cookies. FFM was ecstatic as dessert is not a normal event.

Oscar-dog (we've noticed Oscar is the only dog FFM feels he needs to add the 'dog' moniker to. All other dogs just get called by their regular name) checked on FFM to see if he'd left any cookies for him. Sorry Oscar.

After dinner we braved the weather (snow had tapered off) to see the Blossoms of Light at the Denver Botanic Gardens. I always forget I need a tripod for night pictures...
Q & Karen goofing around with the cool glasses (snowflakes and snowmen and Happy Holidays!).
Tasting the snow. All kids just automatically know how to do it.
FFM has finally started singing. With a vengeance. Guess that rock session at Thanksgiving really brought it out in him. And all the Christmas music in every store we go into. His favorites? #1 Jingle Bells #2 Frosty the Snowman. He'll just break into song at any old time, but won't do it on cue. So when he started the other night I ran for the camera. Then he got some props so I did it again. As always, you'll see the mad dash at the end to see himself on the screen.