There’s been practically no snow all season in Tahoe… until the Geracis rolled in there this past weekend. When we arrived on Friday morning, there was no snow in sight–there had been some light snowfall the previous night, but nothing stuck. Friday night was a whole different story. On Saturday morning we awoke to this…

And then more of the same throughout Saturday and again on Sunday night.

Helena’s favorite part of the trip (and new word) was “Hot Tub”:

By the time we left, we were deep in winter wonderland. Marion even got to try skiiing down our driveway.

Update: I noticed the photo was posted upside down–a hazard of posting photos to the blog via email from my iPhone. It’s now been fixed (obviously).

Today we took the girls to ice skate in the city. It was a fun adventure filled with skating, chocolate almond brittle, and rubens served on potato pancakes.

Ho Ho Ho – Santa was a big surprise at Peter Pan!

Marion has been waiting weeks for Grandma to come for her visit so that they can make yummy Christmas Cookies! They were fun to bake, decorate, and eat. Lots of fun.

Grandma and Fred came for a Christmas visit and we couldn’t miss a trip to Fairy Land with them! We all had a great time. Clearly it was a Helena Camera Day.