From sunshine to snow!

A real tan in December.....nice
The weather in Aus was just beautiful, we had rain for a few days but even then it was still warm and T-shirt weather. A real Australian summer complete with thunderstorms, hail and hot humid weather.

The kids had a ball playing outside most days, running around with bare feet enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. Playing in the sandpit that Granddad built for them. Wearing summer clothes that had only been used a few times in Seattle due to the seemingly short summer last year. Gosh it was good to be out doors!

Seattle on the other hand was experiencing the worst snow storm in 10years, just our luck to miss a white Christmas! 15inches in one day...yikes! We had friends snowed in for days, the airport was closed and no one was going anywhere. It would have been a sight to see (I think our neighbors snapped some shots of our house, will post when we get them...thanks C & J)

This pic was taken just up the street from us

It was pretty extreme going from 31/92 deg in Sydney to 3/38 deg in Seattle....brrrr!
On arriving home, we discovered that we had no running water. It turns out with the extreme cold our water pipes burst while we were gone. Thanks to our neighbor who called the Fire department to turn off the water we avoided a huge water bill not to mention a flooded yard!

The snow can still be seen in places around the place, it must have been one amazing snow storm.