We arrived home Wednesday night after visiting family for Christmas and found what is probably my favorite Christmas gift in the mail box. While we received some wonderful gifts this year, this particular gift has some very wonderful memories attached to it. You see, every year my friend Sarah and her five children come to visit for a fun filled 24 hours (we also typically visit them when we go to Virginia in the summer). This past year, after walking along the river behind the Red Mill in Jericho, the kids decided they wanted to go the the museum inside. The museum is dedicated to Snowflake Bentley and his snowflake photographs. When we opened our Christmas gift from them this year, there was a book about Snowflake Bentley and some snowflakes made by the four older children. In the past few days, we have read the book several times and have hung the snowflakes in Little Man's bedroom window. The book contains pictures of many places we know and love. In addition to this, both the snowflakes and book bring back wonderful memories of strawberry picking, walking by the river, visiting the museum and blowing bubbles in the backyard with our friends. The bonus part of this gift: there was a huge snow storm the day after we opened it. Definitely the best gift of the season.
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