i live in the snow. {plus, a winner!}

soooo... i'm a san diego girl. you know that, right?

except somehow i've spent the last 3 winters surrounded by all this cold white stuff and quite uncertain what to do with myself.

please ignore the unflattering attire & uniboob. not proud of it.

i'll admit it, since moving to utah i have not *embraced* the winter.
at. all. 

i turn into a hermit, and my poor children don't see the light of day until spring. 

not a fan.

but the other day a friend sent me a text asking if hubs & I would like to go snowshoeing. a snowshoe double-date.

GULP.

{out of shape. not a fan of snow. first and last time i went snowshoeing was on a TERRIBLE blind date eleventy billion years ago. did i mention i'm out of shape? and don't like the snow?}

but, we needed to get out of the house. the kids needed a break from me, and i needed a break from them. and we needed to socialize with other adults. who we like.

so, i bought found some warm, waterproof-ish clothes and left early saturday morning just hoping i'd make it back alive.

i struggled. oh boy, did i.
but i survived.
did you know snowshoeing is like hiking, but in the snow, and with like 20lbs strapped onto each leg?
yeah. it is.

at the top, before coming back down. do i look tired? uh, don't answer that.

when i got home this is what i tweeted: 

so, i was tired. and felt a little defeated to be the slowest (BY FAR) of the group.
but, when i wasn't gasping for air, it was so refreshing to breathe in that cool mountain air and enjoy this crazy phenomenon they call winter. and when i could catch my breath, it was taken away by the beauty of the powdered-sugar wonderland that surrounded me. and while i don't have the beach close by to remind me of the majesty of god's creations, a crisp white clean winter might just do the trick every once in awhile. 

my friend - who everyone thinks is my sister. crazy, huh?

aww... a double date! (yes, hubs wears that hat on purpose. isn't he cute?)

that's not to say i'll become a snow-sho-er per se, but i will do my best this winter to TRY to enjoy the here and the now and the beauty that is before me.

did you enter the lollipops giveaway? are you the lucky winner?

you are if your name is KATE !

congrats!! i will email you shortly.

thanks krystina!