Snow Miser

I was waiting for the shuttle bus yesterday at the "Shrine of Ages". Little icy is spots and I slipped and fell a few times but so far me and the camera are still in 1 piece.

I took this picture behind Maswik during a lunch break a few days ago.

As I was walking to work, I happened to see this guy that had been camping here when it snowed. He was on his way out of the park when I took the picture. Boy I bet he was surprised to get snowed on. The thing I missed most this year.....was a snowball fight with Brenda (Ha, but I bet she didn't miss that)

Last Month went I went to Colorado on vacation, my brother bought a christmas DVD with 3 different movies on it that I had not seen for years. Was sorta funny as we were watching "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and my brother and I both started singing the song...and I haven't heard that song since the 80's (the movie came out in the mid 70's)

[Snow Miser] I'm Mister White Christmas, I'm Mister Snow. I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mister Ten Below. Friends call me Snow Miser, whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch... I'm too much!
[Chorus] He's Mister White Christmas, he's Mister Snow
[Snow Miser] That's right!
[Chorus] He's Mister Icicle, he's Mister Ten Below
[Snow Miser] Friends call me Snow Miser, whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch
[Chorus] He's too much!
[Snow Miser] I never want to know a day That's over forty degrees. I'd rather have it thirty, twenty, ten, five and let it freeeeEEEEEEeeze!
[Chorus] He's Mister White Christmas, he's Mister Snow
[Snow Miser] That's right!
[Chorus] He's Mister Icicle, he's Mister Ten Below
[Snow Miser] Friends call me Snow Miser, whatever I touch turns to snow in my clutch! ...I'm Too much.
[Everybody] Too Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I think Mr Snow Miser is on vacation here at the canyon, and I'll be glad when the wind stops blowing.

holiday decorations @ brother's house

My sister-in-law, Sharon took a break here from decorating...she is fixing the dog's stuffed toy. She decorates the house for all the major holidays and is a whiz at it....and she has decorations from quite a few different countries that she has collected over the years which was rather neat to see.

Not exactly sure where in Europe she got these reindeer. Seeing as my brother has lived overseas for 12 years while he's in the USAF, you can assume correctly that Sharon has tons of stuff from all over the globe.

I love this Mrs. Claus...she had Santa too, but I didn't get a picture of him.

I just thought this mantle looked like something from a magazine...but its actually in my brother's living room. There was a tree off to the right but it wasn't decorated by the time I left.

This white tree is down in the basement. I think all total, there was 3 regular sized trees and then 3 tiny trees standing next to "father Christmas" that u should be able to see in the first picture.

Ya gotta love this one! My brother is such a grumpy scrooge that his wife set up a grinch tree in his office. Geez, I think my brother is a bigger scrooge then I am.

Xanterra Christmas Party

I guess Glen is giving out backrubs for Christmas

This is Rebecca..she was waiting for her "date" to show up.

Matt~sure looks like a naughty elf to me

Patty must of thought she was "Vanna White" showing off some of the desserts.

Manu and her son...never woulda guessed it was her son if I hadn't of seen her chasing him down. He's 21 months old, so he was born a couple weeks after I got to the canyon.

Bob was trying to get the people serving to sing Christmas songs, but it wasn't working.

Santa's helpers was waiting for Santa to show up.

Me & Sheri sitting on Santa...I'm sure we musta broke his legs here. I had to work tonight, but was able to take a long break (I was gone almost 2 hrs from work). Yup I got switched back to night shift this week at Maswik and by the looks I will stay on nightshift until Yavapai opens back up.