It's begining to look a lot like....Snow?! (Anniversary Edition)

It is a crazy week of celebrations here starting with Cecilia's birthday, then St. Nicholas day, Austin's and my anniversary (15th!!!), and the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. We are planning a big trip in February to celebrate our anniversary, so we just did a few small things yesterday. In the evening, we headed to the vigil mass for the Solemnity at St. Mary's. Just as we were walking into the church, snow flurries started falling. By the time mass was over, snow was pouring out of the sky and everything was white! What a beautiful surprise to light up our celebration. It made for a joyful evening of warm dinner, cold snowball fights (I played too!) and cozy-ing up by the fire. It was an absolutely lovely night, and we all went to bed late!

In Texas, you never know how long the snow will last, so we had a student take our photo after mass!

The neighbors came out, and everyone was collecting snow from yards, vehicles, etc. to make snowballs, a snowman and a snow fort. So much fun!!!

This guy took some convincing, but when he finally came out he had a grand time.

One last shot before bed

Our backyard in the morning

By the time we got home from mass, this little one was tired, cold and hungry. She really did not understand what the fuss was about. So Daddy fed her dinner while I bundled everyone up and went to play. This morning she was a little more interested...

Mariana finally coaxed her outside and helped her play a little

She was determined to enjoy every last bit of the snow until it was completely gone!

 As a little surprise, Austin transferred the old 8mm tape of our rehearsal and dinner to a DVD. So we watched that to finish off the evening. It was so fun and quite funny to see everyone, especially singing karaoke...always entertaining! ;)