Roanoke has morphed into winter wonderland over the last day! Within the last twenty four hours our little Virginia town has gotten 20 inches of snow! It is officially the biggest snow fall that Roanoke has seen in over a decade. My mom said she was channel surfing and saw the weather Channel reporting from our airport, so you know we hit the big time. :) The snow is a pristine white that covers the cars until unidentifiable. The boughs of the evergreen trees are weighed down to the point that they can't support the snow. We ventured out to play in the snow where Little Princess was unable to walk because it was so deep. The snow was so clean and beautiful, so we all had a try. Little Princess told me that it tasted like 'food'. That reminded me of a cook book I had when I was a young girl. It was the Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie cookbook. In it there was the recipe for snow candy. So I made everyone come inside so we could look up the recipe. Unfortunately, we don't have molassas in the house, and we weren't crazy enough to drive to the store. So I got another idea. I googled snow ice cream recipe and found a delicious recipe. To 5 cups of clean snow you add 1 cup of milk 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 tsp vanilla. It took less than 5 minutes and it produced ice cream that was top quality! you can hardly buy it that delicious! Although, I must admit the cold weather made it slightly less desirable.
In other family news Baby boy took his first steps on Thursday (12-18) night. He was standing up using his pack n play, while Bryan sat on the couch. Baby Boy turned around and walked to his dad! it was completely unexpected, but he willing repeated the feat a few more times for our entertainment. Additionally, Little Princess is keeping up with her cuteness and she told me the other day 'mom, I think Porter looks like Captain Moroni.' I'm so happy she is such a bright little girl that is learning the scriptures. Another thing she said this week, after taking a shower was 'oh man, I'm so wet, my mom is going to KILL me!' where'd she pick up that saying? oh well..
Unfortunately due to the snow we missed out on Dickens of a Christmas this year. But we are happy to be together and warm in this little apartment. And being locked in has given me a chance to catch up on Christmas cooking. Chocolate chip cookie dough is ready in the fridge, the bread dough is rising and the roast in the crockpot. Next up will be the meringues for chocolate covered meringues. I love cooking! and eating.. :)