Big News!

It's a Christmas miracle! (And no, I'm not pregnant.) Snow is actually falling in Las Vegas!!! None of those little snow flurries; we're talking serious, stick to the ground, Utah-style snow. They are saying that it hasn't snowed like this since 1979, so this is definitely a rare occurrence. We had to take some pictures of this historic occasion. I mean, how often do you see a palm tree with snow on it? There is at least 4 inches outside our house and it is still coming down. We have noticed that the trees are pretty wimpy when it comes to handling the snow...many of them are drooping all the way to the ground with the weight of it.

Seth here, and I have to add a small rant to this post. Not because of the super crazy snowfall in Vegas (I actually think it's kinda cool), but because of the freakin' Las Vegas-ites that can't drive in it. I work 5 miles away from home, takes about 10 minutes to get to work. On the worst day it takes MAYBE 15-20 minutes. . . . or so I thought. I got out of work early to start driving home, and left around 4:22pm. It took me an hour to get home!!! And I don't mean that metaphorical hour that is an over-exagerated expression meaning it took a long time. I didn't get home till 5:29pm!!!!!!!!!! I mean c'mon people, it's just snow! I know you're probably thinking, "well there must have been some accident taking up all the lanes in the road." You'd think. . . . but you'd be wrong. I didn't see one accident, not one single flashing light the whole way! There was actually a time while sitting at a red light where I started to nod off. I was freakin' falling asleep people!!! Ok, that felt good. Back to Linz . . .

So besides the crazy drivers, the snow really gets us excited to celebrate Christmas in Utah with our families (let's just hope it isn't snowing when we have to drive home).

side note: Seth wants to send these pictures to Al Gore and ask him "What's global warming about this?"