My girls' first snowman

With all the recent snow that has accumulated in our area, I knew it was the perfect opportunity to build a snowman at the cemetery. I have been wanting to do it all winter but all previous snow came and went so fast that I didn't have the time to get it done. The snowman that we built at the cemetery today was both Kyndra's and Carleigh's first.

I made sure we had all our stuff in our van so that we could head out there after church. When we arrived at the cemetery the gates were closed and the paths were not plowed. I was disappointed. I told Anthony we might be able to just park and walk in so I got out and made sure that I could move the gate to get in. It took a little effort as I had to remove a little bit of snow but I was able to open the gate enough so that we could get in. I figured it was ok since the gate was not latched but a tiny bit open anyways. I also made sure that the snow was good for packing and to my delight it was very good packing snow!

So we trudged through the snow in the cemetery to get back to where Carleigh is.



Anthony made the bottom 2 parts of the snowman while Kyndra and I watched and played a little in the snow. Then Kyndra and I worked on the snowman's head. I put it on and we all helped to smooth out the snowman and put snow in places that needed it.



Then we had to figure out what we were going to use for a face and arms. Anthony pulled out some of the decorations in Carleigh's vase and voila!




The whole time we were there the horses watched us by the fence, which is not too far from her grave. These are the same horses that were present and watching while we were at the cemetery the day of Carleigh's service and burial-kind of like they were paying their respects. I've always liked those horses and it makes me feel good to see them while we're there. Wish I would've had a carrot or something.


Right before we left I made a snow angel beside her grave just for the fun of it.