Weeks have gone by, and the Hird Family is still exploring Utah and the new life here. This past week is no different. In order to understand this week, we must understand the family. Elise was born and raised in Arizona. Minus a little time spent in Slovenia, she has been almost her whole life in Arizona. All the kids, born and lived in Arizona. After living in Arizona for their entire life, we packed them up and moved them to Southern California. Now we are in Utah. So this past week was an eye opener for the kids. And we will see how this goes.
This past week it got colder here in Utah. And I got ready to go on another trip to LA. I left on Monday morning. I knew it was going to be cold here while I was gone, but I did not know what was in store. The weather here decided it wanted to see what the Hirds were made of. So while I was gone in LA, it decided it would snow. It shocked all the kids. They had been in snow before, but it was more like a trip where you go and visit snow and then leave. This was a little different, but not the full blown snow yet.
Tuesday morning the kids were greeted with snow powdered all over the ground. They had to play in the “snow”. Wednesday morning it was more, and by Thursday it was even more. Zo had the most fun, and Netter and Kas played all they could in the snow. Zo made a snowman on Tuesday. It stood to the grand heights of about 3 inches. She used almost all of the “snow” in the front yard. Wednesday she made snow angels, and Thursday was a great morning. However, by the time I got home on Thursday evening almost all of it had melted.
My trip to LA went well, and was not all that exciting. Except for the part where I cracked my foot bones. Somewhere, sometime in LAX, I got a fracture in my foot. It hurt to walk on, but I thought it was just my foot asleep or sore muscles. But no. By Friday it was so bad it even hurt to walk or sit. So I went to the doctor, mainly because Elise made me. They said I had a stress fracture and needed to be in a walking boot for 4-6 weeks. They said I could just bear the pain and it would eventually heal itself, but the boot would take away the pain after the first few days. Again, Elise made me get it. I would rather have just endured the pain. Sure it hurts, but that is why we are men. Right?
Friday evening the girls threw a Halloween party for their friends. It was loud. Kas and I stayed back in one of the back rooms watching Sherlock and eating pizza. The girls had tons of fun and they played the whole time. The downstairs got trashed, but that was expected. Plus we have hardly anything down there, so not hard to clean up either. Everyone seemed to have fun and it was fun for the girls. Saturday and Sunday was a down day for us. The kids started to carve pumpkins on Sunday and will finish up today, so we will have more pics of that next week. This week is the end of October and the beginning of November.
Well, enough of my jabbering on, here is what you really came for: the Pics!
This does not show the brilliance that was out this morning, it was amazing, the sun coming up really painted the sky beautifully.
So I am sure Elise wanted everyone to know it was getting cold. It was good on a cold evening though.
Add some other items to it and it became a full meal.
I was gone to LA, but this happened while I was out. And the kids and Elise all got excited.
Snow powdered the rest of the neighborhood. The rooftops were covered and the ground showed signs that Old Man Winter was here, early.
Zo could not contain herself, she had to get outside to play in the “snow”. Of course this is nothing, but she still wanted to play in the snow.
In case you can barely see, Zo had to build a snowman for the first fall of the powdery white cold. She had enough to make one snowman.
Here is a close up of it. As you can see, Zo used almost all of the snow in the front yard and this is the next Frosty the snow hamster.
The next day brought more of the snow. This time it was more than just a powdering. This time it covered more.
Zo was so excited, she had to get some snow to share with Antoinette. She even saved a snowball in the freezer.
With this new snow, she now had enough to do a snow angel. So she could not wait and did it right away.
Afterwards, she had to see what she made. As you can see, again, it is barely enough snow to make snow angels, but that did not deter Zo.
Elise and Zo and a neighbor friend outside having fun in the snow. Elise had to get pictures. See how they are bundled up?
While they were freezing, I was in sunny Southern Cal in LA for meetings.
The weather decided that the first two snowfalls were not enough, so it decided to give Zo some more snow.
Shot of the front door as it is snowing. The Pumpkins are freezing, but they are pumpkins, right?
And in LA, I am still enjoying the nice sunny days, clear skies, and great temperature. But still, I really wanted to be there for the first snowfall to see the kids in it.
As you can see, the ground was blanketed with snow. It was an amazing sight.
During the day some of it melted away, but not all of it. And Zo was able to go do some more playing in the snow.
A nice view of the mountains after the snow fall. Now this picture really made me want to come back to Utah with my family.
Since Zo is now home-schooled, they went up to the community center for gym class. Outside, Zo realized they forgot to do the pledge. So Elise and Zo did the pledge real quick.
Another image of what the Cedar Hills golf course looked like after the snow fall. Everything is now the rough.
OK, I am not sure how, but I broke my foot at LAX sometime. I have to be in this thing for 4-6 weeks. It is not comfortable, and it is really kind of a beast to wear.
The girls wanted to throw a Halloween party for all their friends, so Elise helped them out. It was a tremendous success too. All the kids loved it.
The Cider Elise made, she put in Apple Skulls too. All the kids loved that. Well, they loved all the candy and fun and mayhem. Kas and I stayed off in the back room watching Sherlock.
All the kids wanted to carve pumpkins, so we took the ones that were outside and put them on the table to perform “autopsies” on them.
All the kids having fun gutting the pumpkins and having fun while doing it. Each of them had their own design they wanted to do.
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just got caught up! I’m so glad you are blogging! I love getting to read about what you guys are up too, and especially seeing all the pictures. It makes me really want to come visit.
just got caught up! I’m so glad you are blogging! I love getting to read about what you guys are up too, and especially seeing all the pictures. It makes me really want to come visit.