Winnemucca Snowfall

We've experienced a record amount of snowfall the month of December.

This is just the snow on my 2nd floor porch!

Each snowflake so unique...

I can almost see whoville in there, lol

I have a beautiful view...

perched up here in my lovely warm apartment.

We even had a snowplow come and dig us out last week!

There have been multiple days of  this icy cold weather...

Amazing...

We even spotted some coyote tracks...

Behind the apartment building...

Steve still works through it all though...

With a smile...

But it's getting really old and we are ready for some warmer weather...

So today I'm enjoying all the glistening whiteness...

While I'm dreaming of my hot Texas summer just a few short months away...

Winnemucca Christmas Parade

Wow, where do i even begin??
The City of Winnemucca puts on a Christmas Parade each year.
So, our homeschool group decided to participate.
What a ton of work...

This was such a labor of love for one of our committed homeschool mom, Jackie.

She invested so much time and energy into planning, designing the float,
prepping all the decorations, organizing the kids... I could go on and on...

It was pretty shaky towards the end but it all came together!

And it was fantastic!
The theme was Candyland Christmas!

The day finally arrived...

The kids made the candy decorations...

The gingerbread float assembled...

Lots of people waiting....

in cold excitement...

These parades are a big deal here...

 and the kickoff of the Christmas Season...

so many great floats...

I wish I could post them all...

Thanks to another amazing dedicated mom, we had a sweet spot to watch the parade!

Finally there they are!

There's Spencer walking with the homeschool sign!

So proud of these kids...

The younger kids rode on the float while the big kids walked it...

Did I forget to mention that it was really cold?

but everyone was bundled up...

and seemed to enjoy the evening!

I never imagined we would be in a parade in Nevada, lol

 They even made the newspaper...

Thank you Winnemucca...

What a wonderful memory this will be someday...

Snowy Lake Tahoe

We had a chance to drive out to Lake Tahoe again so we took it!

Just a few days earlier they had a nice heavy snowfall...

So the views were incredible...

Tahoe was gorgeous with sunshine and mild temps!

We did a little final shopping at the Hard Rock Cafe just down the road from the
Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort

We then made a stop at the SKI RUN MARINA!

KOLO News was there doing a story about the thin ice

 and people falling in the water near the beach area! lol

It was the perfect spot to stop and take in some majestic views.

and play in the snow!

A young family appeared and the Dad volunteered to take our picture!

Little did he know that these would be our Christmas card pics!!

What a great surprise to find these photos...

Thank you Thank you kind stranger!

We drove around the beautiful lake and made a few more stops...

To pick up some souvenirs, more sightseeing...

Then we headed back to Reno by way of Carson City!

Another beautiful memory...

Keep Tahoe Blue!!

Thanksgiving in Nevada

It was a sweet and simple Thanksgiving here at 

The Hall Hacienda.

I cooked a turkey...

I also served dressing, macaroni and cheese, rolls, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole,

pumpkin bread and pumpkin pie too!

Even Miss Mittens and Little Bit had their Fancy Feast Turkey and Giblets Dinner!

Yumm Yumm! 

It was good!

We had a nice quiet afternoon but missing our loved ones in Texas...