Greetings From Yosemite Lodge...

(I didn't take that picture--but that is pretty much what I see out the window right now.)

It is lovely up here--really lovely.

We decided to extend our winter break by a couple of days and go up to Yosemite for some snow fun.

There was quite a bit of stress in making the decision to come up here (and even more stress in getting here...). You see, our family has been feeling kind of financially strapped for the last several months. Nothing drastic, all of our basics are more than covered and we had a sweet little Christmas. But taking three days to stay in a hotel, play in the snow and eat all of our meals out--that took some saving.

I worried.

But now we are here, Will has taken Lorien, Wyatt and Clare up the mountain to ski. I stayed at the hotel with Adell and we had a nice walk around outside. She is napping now and I am all snug in bed with the heat turned up. Yosemite got a bunch of snow recently and all the trees are covered with frozen fluff. Today the sun is shining and much of the snow is dripping off the branches or falling in silver flurries to the ground below. It is quiet and I am having a great time staring out the window.

It is lovely up here--really lovely.