Just an Arizona Girl

I am and will forever be an Arizona Girl at heart.  We moved from Arizona to Oklahoma when I was almost 16.  The majority of my adolescence was encompassed by basically 2 seasons...WARM and COOL.  Yeah, yeah...these are not seasons, but seasons in Arizona don't really fit what is stereotypical.   I have this specific memory engraved in my head about the winter (aka COOL) weather and my attire.  I am in junior high walking by the outdoor pool (yes, we had one...I actually helped paint a mural on the walls of the pool area for my advanced art class) and I could feel a little chill come over me.  I was wearing a pair of jeans, jean jacket, and a pair of flohos (sandals).  I am thinking the weather may have been in the 60's.  To me, at that time, it was FREEZING.  Don't get me wrong, I did experience true winter weather when we would go to Colorado for Christmas.  BUT this was a vacation where we could actually play in snow for a week then make the voyage back home to "COOL" weather.  I can remember not really having the winter gear necessary for Colorado, but it would have been ridiculous for my parents to buy all of that stuff for one week.  You could find us frolicking in the snow with a hodge podge collection of random items found around my grandparents' home.  It was always so funny to me how different the weather was in Arizona and Colorado.  I don't think it was until we moved to Oklahoma that we all actually started to build a winter wardrobe.  You see Oklahoma is where the wind, tornadoes, sleet, snow, ice, and freezing rain comes sweeping down the plains.  I remember walking outside during our first winter in Oklahoma and something kept hitting me in the face.  Puzzled, I looked over by the bushes to figure out what was going on.  Still couldn't figure it out.  My youth pastor had to actually explain to me what was going on.  FREEZING RAIN.  My confusion has led to lots of laughs.  The real laugh is where I live now.  OHIO!  Ha!  This Arizona girl now lives across the country with temperatures often reaching below zero.  I have yet to really embrace a love of winter or even the sense of how to be dressed warm yet fashionable.  However, my kiddles are always equipped with stylish yet functional, warm attire.  One of my favorite finds this winter is the NO-SNOW SNUGGLER.   They are a local company that I actually heard about through a friend and I am so glad I did.  The kids loved wearing their little snugglers.  I didn't have to worry about them getting wet or too cold.  Having said all that, I wanted to share with you some pics of the kids in the snow...and yes...I realize that it is now spring, but who knows winter may surface again.  :)

OUR HOME 

HEAD STAND

SNOW ANGELS

PEANUT AND HER FOFIE