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Saturday, February 12, 2011

I might have to sell by cowboy boots and buy some skis...


A snowfall in Oxford is typically, if we are lucky, for one day in February and at the most a ¼ inch accumulation on the ground and the city completely shutting down! School closings, business not being open, its even pretty hard to find a place to eat even though the roads are PERFECTLY fine. Well, this winter has been COMPLETELY different. We have already had several large snowfalls, causing havoc around Oxford. Grade schools have to postpone the start of their summer vacation to make up for snow days, the Ole Miss students had to take class on Saturday, and we had to close work 2 separate times! Now, the first snowfall was fun and we did get 6 inches of snow, which is HUGE for us folks down in Mississippi, but when the snow stuck around for the next week, everyone was pretty much over it.

Cole with the Pups

 We made snow angels!!! 

 It was really cold!

 And then they threw snowballs at me.

7 Inches this snow!


No one here knows how to drive in the snow or ice, so the number of wrecks is through the roof.  When the snow turns black and packs on the side of the road, it makes beautiful Oxford not so beautiful.  We don’t have a single snowplow in the state of Mississippi that I am aware of, so you can imagine how everyone was freaking out. I know now why God has put me in Mississippi. I can’t stand the snow. It is great for a night to play in, but gosh I would get sick of it if I had to deal with it everyday of my life.  Once again, He knows what’s right.



Okay I will admit, watching my kiddos run around in the snow is pretty fun. I have a black dog named Pace, and Cole has a chocolate dog named Gunner. They are inseparable and I call them both my own. 

The Kids

Of course I made Cole take a picture with me every time it snowed… If you know Cole, you know how thrilled he gets when its time to take pictures.  He gets this cute little “are you serious” face on and immediately says, “where do you want me to stand?” He thinks posed pictures are pointless and that they should all be candid. Now I agree with him that candid pictures are better, but if I am the photographer, who is supposed to take pictures of us?
Night of the first snow


The next morning after the most recent snow

Even though I am so over the snow, the photographer in me jumps on chances like this to take some fun pictures as well. My dogs are usually the lucky victims of taking snow pictures. I have discovered a trick to get my dogs to look at the camera...BRIBE THEM! Yes, that’s right, dog treats. They will do anything I want them to if I just hold a treat right above the camera. Yes technically it is bad parenting, but at least I am getting it out of the way on my dogs rather than my future children, right? 

The most recent snow started early enough so I got to get out and take some pictures around town. Oxford is such a beautiful city and even more so when it is blanketed by several inches of snow.  

The Grove, Oxford, MS


The Grove

Where University of Mississippi football players walk to head to Vaught Hemingway Stadium 


Lamar Park, Oxford, MS




Okay that’s all for now. Nothing deep for today. Just wanted to share some pictures from the snowfalls over the past few months.  Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

With Love,
Emily



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