A realization.

I'm looking forward to Spring and the weather warming up. March is coming in just two weeks. March equals Spring, right? Spring equals warmer temperatures, right? Right...?

Sure, it's snowed twice in the last week. But in the city it gets shoveled and salted and cleaned up so quickly that you kind of forget about it. So I deluded myself into thinking warmer weather was just a few weeks away. The snow was pretty much gone except for some piles on the edge of the sidewalks and street corners, and I could just imagine coming back from my trip to Utah in March to find a city on its way to springtime.

Well, today I went for a walk in the park and realized it is still definitely WINTER! I was shocked to find like a foot of snow there! I had sort of assumed the snow from last week's storm had already melted away, based off what I'd seen on the streets of the city. Boy was I wrong! It was kind of sad to realize how long it's been since I've been exposed to "nature". I should probably go to the park more often. This nature stuff is great.

Despite the snow and my realization that there is still a long way to go before we start seeing green on the trees again, it was beautiful in the park today. Here are some phone pictures!

A few snow pictures...

The snow came! (And it's still falling!) I don't think it was a big enough storm to close schools, but I am also from Utah so my perception is a bit skewed. Back home it has to snow four feet in a day for school to be cancelled.

Took a couple pics on my way to work this morning. Harlem:




UES:




I smiled all day looking out the windows watching it fall. This snow is so rare I had to run outside at lunch for ten minutes to snap a few more pictures.














(Right after this was taken a car drove by and splattered me with slush. It was awesome.)

Good morning

Good morning, New York. Good morning, 62nd street. Good morning, snow! I love you.

SNOW!!!!

I looked out the window this morning and saw snow falling! I was unbelievably excited! Not just wimpy flurries either, we're talking big, fat, fluffy snowflakes, and lots of them! It reminded me of home and made me so happy. I really miss the snow! I took some pictures on the way to work.


A view of a Harlem street corner, on my walk to the subway.



On Park Ave. The pictures don't do it justice, it was really really snowing!


Excuse the no-hair look and the squinting from trying to keep snow out of my eyes. But I was happy!



A couple photos from the window at work. All my coworkers knew just how thrilled I was about the snow.

And after an hour or two, it stopped. By lunchtime the skies were blue and it was back up in the mid 40's. I even still took a lunchtime walk!

Ice skating at Bryant Park

True to his word, Klane took me ice skating at Bryant Park. It was on my to-do list this winter. Turns out we were just in time, because this was the last weekend for skating! I haven't been out with the camera in a while, so we took quite a few pictures. It was so much fun!

so excited. (he loves when I post embarrassing pictures of him.)


haha. so posed.


the Bryant Park Hotel (in the background) is a cool building, with the black and gold.







I do love Bryant Park. I do indeed. It's just pretty.



The New York Public Library makes a nice backdrop.



This is my embarrassed, "Uh oh I think people are looking at me" face. Those who know me may recognize it.



He was happy. It's just at the very moment I took this picture, I was getting in trouble with the Skate Police for having a camera on the ice. It was a little awkward. I was a little annoyed. I get really bothered by things like that.


extreme close-up!!

And... now I have to go prepare a talk and a lesson for church tomorrow. I'm feeling picked-on, yes. It will be good for me though. Wish me luck.

Skiing at Sundance

After a night at the cabin, Brandon, Michael, Klane and I went for a morning of skiing at Sundance. It was cold but a lot of fun. I love skiing so much and wish we could do it more than just once a year.


It was five degrees when we got in the car. But lower temperatures means lighter snow!

When we got back to the cabin my mom had hot cocoa and lunch for us! Talk about service! It was a great morning.

I'm starting to feel a little panicked when I think about leaving on Sunday. We're having so much fun spending time with family, and enjoying the snowy weather and the mountains. This is where I belong. We'll try to soak it up while we can!