First Snowman and First Snow of Winter in Provo

It finally snowed in Provo! And it's about time. I know Provo has mild winters, but no real snow until January is crazy. I'm from Alaska, and Kinsey is from Wyoming, so we're both used to a lot of snow.

Anyway, I was so excited to go play in the snow with Bentley. After making some snow angels, we realized that the snow was PERFECT for making snowmen. I showed Bentley how to make a snowball, roll it on the ground, and slowly build it up. But once we built the first snowman, he was more interested in picking up snow from the ground and packing it onto the snowman. He loved it!

Eventually we got Kinsey to come outside too, and we built a few more snowmen. Eventually, I decided to go for the gold, and build the biggest snowman we possibly could. I rolled the first ball until I literally could not move it any farther. For fun, we placed it right in front of our neighbor's house (our neighbor is Kinsey's sister, so we thought it would be a fun joke). The most difficult part was actually the 2nd ball, because it was too heavy to lift onto the first one. Kinsey, who's much smarter than me when it comes to thinking mechanically (well, actually in everything, but we'll stick to mechanical for now), grabbed a board, and we rolled the ball up onto the porch, and then from the porch, up onto the first ball, using the board.

The third ball, for the snowman's head, was heavy too, but light enough to lift up to the top. Kinsey found some things for arms and the face, and.... ta da!!! A beautiful snowman. And a LARGE snowman. I think it was somewhere between 6 and 7 feet tall. I can't even remember the last time I built a snowman. I built it so it could be Bentley's first snowman, but it was also a return to childhood for me.

Thank goodness we took a few pictures less than an hour after finishing the snowman, because while we were taking pictures (the next one was going to be me with the snowman), it fell backwards onto their front porch and exploded everywhere! The saddest part was that our neighbors didn't even get home until it had already fallen over, so they never saw it. They did, however, return the favor by rolling the bottom ball over in front of our front porch, where it still sits today (although smaller because things have warmed up since in Provo).

Overall, I'd say it was definitely a successful snow adventure, and a great family activity. Here are some more pictures.