Walking in a winter wonderland...part deux

MawMaw and Lauren behind the house

G-Daddy walking the dogs...in his SHORTS!!!

Uncle John in the Blizzard

Lauren enjoying the falling snow.

Christmas card material...literally. :)

Winter is here, officially, and Mother Nature has done her best to add a little winter flare on this Christmas season.  We got about two inches of snow today--fortunately it started about an hour after the Ledbetter clan arrived.  I was worried that they might run into it on the way up from Austin, but they made it in safe and sound around 1pm this afternoon.

John and I ran to Wal-mart to buy an HDMI cable so we could play X-box 360 Halo 3 on the big screen.  It had just started snowing when we left.  On the way, I had the thought that Wal-mart on the Saturday before Christmas may not be the best place to be.  The crowds were definitely out in full force as we braved our way through the blizzard.  I think the whole town of Bartlesville was in the store.

We were able to locate the cord and get some paper plates before finding our way to the 10 items or less express lane.  For the ONE TIME IN MY LIFE, it was actually an express lane.  It took us, literally, one minute to check out.  I cannot believe we were so fortunate.  

I do want to make it perfectly clear that this one experience in no way lessens my hatred for Wal-mart.  Sam Walton would roll over in his grave if he knew how the store (when I say store, I mean the entire corporation) was being run.  In fact, he would probably spin fast enough to generate enough power to supply the nation of China, the very country Wal-mart now buys EVERYTHING from, with electricity.  It is really a shame that they have sold their capitalist soul to the communist devil.  How can a free market economy compete with slave labor without ultimately destroying the foundation upon which it was built???  Not to mention that their products are terrible.  I purchased four sets of bush lights from Wal-mart earlier this month and all four were defective.  If there was any reasonable way to not shop there anymore, I wouldn't.  However, it's pretty difficult to quit cold turkey when they're the only game in town and they're only 2 blocks from your house.  Owasso has a Target, but it's about 35 minutes away.  I wish they'd build one of those here (and a Chick-fil-A, too, please).

Of course, being residents of Texas, you don't get the opportunity to see much snow (unless you live over in the pan handle).  I'm from Arkansas, so I at least saw it on a regular basis as a kid, but it was really fun to watch everyone get excited.  Everyone wanted to go outside and get their picture taken, Lauren included.  Here are a few from this afternoon.