Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

Snow Day in Utah today! School was canceled. 

There was one day last year too ... 

but those are my only memories of school being canceled for snow. 

Frozen, and the now famous "Do You Want To Build A Snowman" song may not have come out until 2013, but the Westra clan had been building snow stuff for quite a while already. Scott became fairly well known for his creative snow sculptures. Click on the pictures to bring them up bigger, and check Dropbox for the originals!

 1967 - Scott, Chris and Dad (Lamar)

1970 - Tall Snowman (how did they do it?)

Neighbors, and Scott, Chris and Wendy

 1972 - Scott and no-coat Chris

Double Trouble!

1978 - All five kids here (Scott, Chris, Wendy, Jen and little Shane) 

Not a snowman, but a cave/horse?

Big Snowball (1979?)

Jeni and Chris

 ... and the finished cave

... and yet another igloo-ish (1980)

Wendy, Jeni and Shane

Chris and Wendy - 1979?

Jen and her special snow friends. 

Mr. Fireman (oh the irony) and Snoopy.

I'm sure Scott made them both.

But his most memorable snowman was ...

Brother Joseph Smith (1980)

.. another 1980 creation ...

Snowman walking a snow dog.

... and back to snow caves

Shane - 1986

... a snow owl?

Derek and Shane - 1987

...and a slope for sledding. Who needs a hill?

This went all the way around the side of the house to the backyard!

Wendy, Shane and Derek - 1991
The pine tree there is likely the old Christmas tree!



... and I guess we can include some snapshots from the next generation.

Grandpa and the Girls ... 2003

 Keaton - 2014

Aaron 2017. Jensens 2018. Cousin Crew 2019.

Cooper 2014

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Snow Fun and a Belated Birthday

The Jensen family lives in sunny St. George, so they don't see snow as often as the rest of the Utah crew. After Christmas, the Jensen's had a cousin sleepover with Shane's crew, and they woke up to snow! Derek's girls came out and the cousins had a fun time building snow creations and doing a little sledding over in the commons area.

 Jen's family made it out too ... and as Colton's December birthday almost always get's swallowed up in all the Christmas celebration, we had a little family birthday party with cake. Okay ... Jen (and Mom) really like the yummy white cake from Sam's Club, so maybe it was also an excuse to eat cake. One can't help but compare the singing and harmony with the extended Westra family to the singing when it is only the Blackham Bunch alone!

Cousins & Cake & Colton's Candles