For Zoey

Zoey, our 4-year-old granddaughter, is moving from Africa to the USA soon, with her family. Her mom says she is excited to see snow in Minnesota. Here are a few photos from our recent snowstorm…for Zoey… and Ezra, her 2 1/2-year-old brother. We cannot wait to see you!

Gary and I went outside after church and built a snowman for Zoey and Ezra. It will melt before they arrive in ten days, but hopefully we can build another snowman soon, with Zoey and Ezra.
I’m always taking pictures of the cardinals in our yard.
The red cardinal on a fresh layer of snow.
The snow covered trees in our front yard.
Snow-covered evergreen boughs out on our deck.
Grandpa’s snowplow.
Evergreen branches with white snow.
Looking out at the snow from our kitchen window, through a green-glass star.
We drove by this grove of trees.

I have a fun story about an African snowman. Our daughter-in-love is a native of Mozambique, and we knew she had never experienced snow but was curious about snow. Before we left Minnesota, on one visit to Mozambique, I dug through my Christmas boxes and found a packet of “Real Fake Snow” (when water is added to this white powder an instant reaction is a white-snow like mixture). I tucked the packet into my suitcase. One evening, after a very hot day in Mozambique, we opened the packet and mixed up the “real fake snow”.  It was fun to watch a snowman being built, in Africa!

Our son looking on with joy as his wife makes her first snowman.
A snowman, made in Mozambique, Africa.

6 thoughts on “For Zoey”

  2. What a wonderful thing for you to think of. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as snow in a box 🤗. I am so excited for their arrival❣️

    1. I was so glad I thought of bringing it along with us to Africa.

      Thanks for sharing in our excitement!

  3. Valerie… wow! How fun to have that packet saved for such a wonderful time. Such a God thing… He knew when you would use it! And your cardinal… I still remember your pointing out a cardinal when we were visiting Taylor… another God thing for you! Yea! And has introduced me to have an eye out for a cardinal, which will also always remind me of you. Love ya.

    1. I do remember seeing that cardinal at Taylor University. I got a nice picture this morning…of course I wanted it yesterday for the blog post but, O well.
      God is good.

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