SNOW!!!!!!

Tess has been asking us about snow since she got to America!  We have a wall in our house full of skiing photos that she just doesn't really understand...  She has been so curious about it...is it cold, can you touch it?  Can you eat it...(the boys had a ball with the don't eat yellow snow speech...) So how excited was Tess when we pulled up to get our season lift books and there was snow on the ground...She screached!! and then jumped out of the car with Cameron and ran over to the snow...funny how when you get to the snow you just instinctively know what to do with it...she made a snowball and beamed her brother...then ran up the hill and slid down and then layed in the snow on her back and just felt it...It was so great to just stand there and watch her experience this...I  think that about covered all the questions this little girl had about snow...next trip we'll take on skiing and chairlifts!!!

The great outdoors..

Tess relaxes while the boys fish...I think she could get used to life on the ranch!!
the proud fisherman...but it's all catch and release...
Cameron's big brownie...
Cameron fly fishing in the back yard...
The entrance to our ranch...

Deer in the yard...

We had a herd of deer in our yard all week.  Tess just thought it was great!...and we still get excited too!  We all run to the window to see if there's a buck!  I wonder what Tess thinks?  This is just so different from our home near the beach...

Tess at the window watching the deer in the front yard...

our neighbors horses...

The ranch ajacent to ours has some beautiful horses.  Jeff, the kids and I walked over to feed them and pet them. It is so peaceful to walk through the ranch and watch the animals.  Tess can't stop asking questions...
Tess and Cameron love the Stallion....
and the stallion loves Cameron!!

gone quading...

more ranch fun...

I've never met a kid who deosn't love it here...big kids included!  Ranch life is such a nice contrast to our life at home.  The kids love the open space and the freedom!  Today we had more quad rides, hikes around the ranch to the top of the river, and more flyfishing.  Tess and I went to stroll around main street Park City while the boys did their best Daniel Boone routine.  It's cold with a clear blue sky so being outdoors is great!!

Off to our ranch in Utah...

Our ranch house...
a view of the river from our back patio...it runs right behind the house
Dad flyfishing in the backyard  while Tess and Cameron watch...

We are so very lucky to have a second home, a ranch on 40 acres, in Utah.  We don't get there as often as we would like but when we go...it's PARADISE!!!!  We are taking Tess, Cameron and Bennett out for a week.  We're really excited for Tess to see the ranch and to see snow for the first time...It's an easy trip...OC to Salt Lake in just over an hour...

Well, as we suspected...she loves it!  She has been fishing, riding a quad, saw snow and deer, felt what 20 degrees feels like and walked main street Park City...and that's just day one!  I think we answered about 350 questions by lunchtime...it can really challenge your patience sometimes!!, but at the same time, she's just trying to understand it all...mountains, wild animals, snow, freezing weather...how to get each finger in the right place in your glove!!!  It's funny what becaomes a challenge!