Johanna Speaks

It snowed over here! The last time it snowed was about two to three years ago. And it snowed like crazy last time! This time I feel like it snowed just as much as last time too! So it was a lot of snow! It happened about three days ago!

I woke up and looked out the window and I saw SO MUCH SNOW!! I was super excited and happy! I went to my brother's room and woke up Simeon saying" It snowed!!". Ezra was already awake and saying to me to not wake up Simeon. But I did it anyway because I just couldn't wait to tell him! He woke up and got out of bed and looked out the window, he was also excited but not as excited as I was about it when I first looked out the window.

It was about 6:50 in the morning when I looked out the window and saw the snow. And after I saw the snow, I went to my mom and dad's room to tell them but they were already awake so I asked if she could make some hot chocolate! And she said she would! The roads were full of snow so nobody could get out into their cars and drive. So I got some hot chocolate and then got my snow stuff on and got out there! And Sophie was also really excited and she got hot chocolate and also got some of her snow stuff on too and we both got out there. But it did take rather a long time to get ready to go out in the snow because I didn't have any snow shoes so my mom and dad got plastic bags and put them around my shoe and taped them so none of the snow would get through my shoe and soak them. And it did work! The whole day while I was playing in the snow, I didn't get my feet wet at all! So I was really happy about that! 

We had our neighbors over and played with them in the snow! We were trying to build a big wall of snow in the middle of the street. We weren't covering the whole street but just enough where cars can go past the wall of snow. And also we built it at the end of our street so basically still on our property. We had a lot of fun doing that! Even Ezra and Simeon went outside with us! There were a lot of kids playing now! We had seven neighbor kids come over and play with us. So now if including our family and the neighbor kids it would be eleven kids total. It was a lot of kids! We would throw snowballs at each other and then get revenge! It was just so much fun with everybody! 

Here are some pics! 

Noelle, Cameron, Sophie, and I went sledding yesterday!

So it all happened like this: Simeon was going to go ice skating with his friends, and then Cameron said that my mom, dad, Ezra, Sophie, Noelle, and I should all go ice skating too! So we packed that night to go ice skating the next day. But the next morning, my mom said that Simeon's friends would not go ice skating because there was too much snow to drive through. So Simeon also didn't want to go then. And my mom said we should probably stay home then. I was pretty disappointed. But I asked her if we could go to Noelle and Cameron's apartment after church because that day was Sunday and have lunch there still. We were already going to go to their apartment for lunch and ice skating, but since that got canceled, I asked if we could still have lunch there. And she said yes. Just then, Cameron called and asked her if he could take the kids to go ice skating still since his truck is pretty good for the snow. I got really excited when I heard him say that to my mom! Then she said that sounds good! Now I was bursting with lots of excitement! I was just so happy!!

After church, we went to Noelle and Cameron's apartment for lunch. We brought soup! And even Nicholas came too! Then Noelle told me that the ice skating place was closed because of all the snow. I said ah, man. But then she said that's why we are going sledding instead on Eskimo hill! Eskimo hill has a big hill with a lot of snow that people go sledding on!! Ezra said he didn't want to go, and Simeon was going to do something else with his friends, so it would be Cameron, Noelle, Sophie, and I sledding. I was super excited!! Noelle and Cameron didn't have any sleds, but they said they would buy some cheap ones at Walmart. Walmart was about two or three minutes away! Their apartment was really close to a lot of stores!

I asked Noelle how long the trip was, and she said she had no idea. So she searched Eskimo hill, and it said three hours away!! It was already 3:00 PM!! And it would be getting dark around 5:00 PM! So she called Cameron and said that Eskimo hill was three hours away. He said no, it wasn't. He said it's about an hour away. And that he has been over there a couple of times hunting. Then Noelle asked, then why did it say three hours away? He said he had no idea but was sure it was about an hour away. I was so happy it wasn't three hours away! And also, Cameron was gone to Walmart getting some sleds. So he returned with the sleds, and we went to Eskimo hill! It was a very pretty drive! Lots of snow everywhere!! First, it was raining like crazy; then it slowed down, and it began to snow!! There was a lot of snow on the trees! So beautiful!

Then we came to a stop, and we were there!! The snow was really soft!! Not rock hard like I am used to! We walked to the big hill, and Cameron set up chairs he brought, and then we started to sled down the hill!! We all went to the very top! Even Sophie! Sophie went on Noelle's lap. My bottom was hurting so much because there were lots of bumps on the hills, so the sled would go up in the air and down again with a little thud. But then I realized it was much easier laying down on your back and sledding. So I did that, and it was really fun!! Usually, there would be many people there, but only about ten people were there. It was great!!

It was getting dark, so we had to leave. We got in the car and left. On the way back, we had lots of snacks in the car and ate them. I had such a fun time; maybe we will do it again with friends! It costs nothing! I thought it would, but it is free to anybody! I would love to do it with my friends, the Garzas. :)

Here are three pictures and two videos of us in the snow. I don't think we got any of us sledding, sadly.