Mt Charleston

Las Vegas has been getting record rain that has in turn brought large amounts of snow to Mt Charleston (just about an hour north from where we are).  So over the weekend of Jan 23 we drove up to play in the snow.  Cameron has at least played a litlle in the snow with a couple of trips to CO and Mt Lemmon in Tucson, but for Terrilyn and Alexander this was a first.  We pulled over in front of this cute little lodge up there somewhere.

This is how high the snow had been plowed to the side of the roads.

Beware of the yellow snow.

When we finally arrived there were a ton of people out for a day of enjoyment.  Alexander had to pee, so I pulled him out of the van and stood him up pulled down his pants (which was in many layers) when he starts to pee he falls and tries to catch himself by putting his hands down in the snow he freaked out because it was cold on his hands he starts pee to everywhere but wont touch it, so there I am trying to make sure he is aiming away from us while he is screaming and his bare butt hanging out.  Who knows what people thought as they passed by watching that spectacle.

Cameron jumped right out of the car and was rolling around and knee deep in the snow in no time.  Alex wasn't sinking as much as the rest of us he just walked around very cautious, Terrilyn was a different story all together with every step she took as she sunk in and it was an immediate scream fest, it really freaked her out.  So we finally put her on solid ground where she was content to throw snow at her brothers(after awhile she asked if she could sit in the snow).  It was a lot of fun but man was it deep Jeremy and I were sinking up to our knees.  It made me realize how much I do miss the snow and how bad I feel for our kids that they are being raised desert babies with no knowledge of the snow.