For our friends and family in other parts of the country, it will be hard to understand how exciting it is for there to be snow in our part of Oregon. But snow here, especially snow that sticks to the ground and doesn't melt immediately, is very rare. When I was a small child I once asked my mother what the song "White Christmas" was about because I had no frame of reference having never seen a white Christmas. I still think I've only seen 2 or 3 in my life. So, today when it snowed I was very excited and had to bundle up Sophia and me and go outside. She was very puzzled by the snow. She also didn't seem to understand why I was so excited. We pressed a passing stranger into service as a photographer so we could get a photo of Sophia's first snow-fall.
