Snow!

With three major snow storms since December 1, we have done plenty of shoveling... The storm today dropped about five inches of fluffy snow and tied up traffic all day. I think the December total is about 12 inches. We haven't had snow like this since my first winter of grad school in 2000.



Although Coca gets cold quickly, she enjoys the snow. Her new favorite game is to find the treat hidden in the snow.



We bought two wreaths for our house: one for our front door and one for above the fireplace. To get in the holiday mood, we also set out our favorite ornaments and baked sugar cookies this weekend. Coca is working on her commands, "sit", "stay", and "shy sideways glance".



This is my favorite tree in our yard. Who needs to chop down a tree when we have something so beautiful living in our yard?! I love the way it looks when the snow sits on its boughs.