When I was in college, I was disappointed to learn that snow was a once in a decade event. I’d heard stories of the elusive white stuff but didn’t ever see it in my 4 years in San Antonio at Trinity University. The absence of snow continued for years after I moved to Houston as well and I was accustomed to thinking that snow was a fluke and I’d likely never consider to be “real” snow after growing up in Utah.
This all changed on Christmas Day 2004 – the first Christmas when the Texas Batemans included Jackson in addition to Mom and Dad. Christmas Eve saw more than an inch of the white fluffy stuff piled up on the grass, cars, and just about everything else. It was a nice treat for Jackson’s first Christmas and shattered my belief that the only snow the kids would ever see was when we went on trips to the Rockies.
Fast forward to 2009. Yesterday, we had a respectable snow storm that survived overnight and was enough to make a few snowmen in our neighborhood. Not to mention that it has now snowed in Houston 2 years in a row! Global warming, wha?
So we are now fully into the Christmas spirit with Thanksgiving behind us, the Christmas tree and lights up, and snow on the ground. Today, we deck the halls!
Here are some pics from our 2009 holiday season:
Our snowman - Frosty
Hermey the elf and Dad putting up Christmas lights
Thanksgiving in San Antonio
Jackson’s fake mustache we got from Black’s BBQ in Lockhart, TX
Christmas tree hunting at Dewberry Farm
