I finished the last post with it snowing on Thursday evening. This is a rare event in this part of Texas and the fact that the snow stuck around through the next day was even more rare. It made for an all new landscape to photograph.               The view from the back walkway.

         There is the decorated tree just inside the gate on the right.

      Everyone else was still in bed but I went for a walk up the road as the sun was coming over the hills.

                  I got back to the house and checked inside the truck. Dan had chosen to drive to Texas instead of flying. He says, now that he has retired, "everyday is Saturday" and he preferred to throw a road trip into the plans. He had left five days before I did and spent time hiking and camping along the way. He met me at the airport in Austin on Tuesday. Now that all the kids were at the house we had to spread out with sleeping arrangements and he decided to continue with the camping mode and sleep in the truck.

                                               Eventually everyone else came out into the snow.

                     Kirby started a snowman with the help of...

                                                       ...Uncle Matt...

                      ...and Aunt Meryl.

                  I love these kids.

And these kids too.