A more authentic winter experience....

After the fake southern California winter experience, it was time for a more authentic snow experience! We headed to Grandma and Granddad's house who graciously provided us with some snow to play in! 

Where there is a will, there is a way....to make a snow angel - even in 1/2" of snow! 

Sisterly love - warms the heart! 

Our girls! 

The girl cousins-it's a gang of girls, which is why the sole boy cousin is woefully absent from all these pictures! 

Granddad and his girls!

A rare mom and dad shot.....

Not sure what was up here - but she really did have a good time! 

Besides the snow- the hotel pool provided hours of entertainment! 

Granddad took Katie on a snow hike

It was a wonderful weekend filled with winter snow and fun family time!!! 

CHILL- or..."how Southern California does winter!"

We have had a lot go on since Christmas.

A lot. In just three weeks. 

Chill. A visit to Grandma's. A baby join the family. A special friend from China visited. A BAD case of the flu made the rounds. 

Starting with Chill - a Southern California winter wonderland experience! This is mostly a picture summary - and there are a lot of them because my children were especially cute this day! 

 The centerpiece of Chill is the ice Kingdom is the arena that has huge ice sculptures and is kept at 7 degrees. As is evident here, one of our children was not particularly about the jackets nor the temperature. 

 There is a huge ice replica of the Queen Mary with ice slides on either side. Those where a hit....

 The thawing of unhappy child at the slide was only temporary....

 After the ice kingdom, we did some ice skating - VERY fun!!! 

 Pretty sure they don't have iceskating in China! Julia wanted to try it out thought 

It was a very fun day.....even the part where Katie decided to leave the group (without permission!) and head to the swings and take a ride. The rides were $5 - not sure how she did that, but she had a good time!