December in Las Vegas is usually really nice. The January winds haven't really started and its chilly but not truly cold unless its 3 am and you should really be in bed before then anyway. For the most part.

Except for yesterday. It started out decent enough. Good cloud cover and the thought that if we got any snow it would be flurries in the north part of town. Those thoughts lasted until about 1:30 when the snow started. Didn't stick at first but by 3pm it was coming down and staying down. Wet, fluffy snow perfect for snowballs.

But I certainly didn't throw a bunch of snowballs at my 6 yr old son. Nope. Not me. Can't prove anything. Just like I can't prove that it was my loving husband who threw the big one that hit me right in the butt.

Pizza hut had a 2 1/2 hour delivery time so we decided to brave the 3 + inches of snow/slush and get some Little Ceasar's pizza. What is so delicious about pizza that is already waiting for you at the restuarant without having to call ahead? We actually did call ahead because we wanted Italian Cheese Bread and once you order that and wait for it, might as well splurge and get the deep dish pizza for $7 instead of $5. Yup, we're big spenders.

After stuffing ourselves with hot, gooey cheese and pepperoni, we walked over to the main street by the house to watch the police clean up an accident. People, if you start to skid, you have to turn INTO the skid. Going the other way will be very very bad. And a truck is more likely to flip over too.

The best part of the night was making our snowman. I think I'll name him George. He kind of looks like a penguin and the chocoapuff eyes and mouth will dissolve as soon as the snow starts to melt but I think he's cute.

Thats only about 1/3 of the snow in the backyard too. I had to brush off the poor palm trees before the pictures so they looked like palm trees and not lumps of snow. The flakes were so thick and coming so fast, they were covered again shortly but for a few minutes, they didn't have the weight of the world on their poor fronds.

Merry Christmas Las Vegas!