Journal 26

I think snow is one of the parts of nature that brings people together the most. When people think of winter and spending times with their families during the winter one of the very first things they think about is Christmas, and the next thing they think about is snow. People young and old can put aside their age differences and enjoy snow together.

There are so many forms of ways to enjoy the snow. There is sledding, snowmobiling, making snow angels, making snowmen, and even one of my personal favorites, making snow ice-cream. Making snow ice-cream is one of my very favorite things about snow.

I remember the first time I made snow-icecream was with my grandparents when I was really young. They live in Michigan so we only get to see them a few times every year, so when they come down to Illinois to visit us it is usually a really big deal. And, because I was so young, this particular time they visited I was absolutely obsessed with snow. However, it was around February and all of the snow in Illinois had long since melted. Because they lived in Michigan though, and it was still a lot colder there, there was still about a foot of snow on the ground in Michigan. So, being the good grandparents that they are, they packed a cooler full of as much snow as they could possibly fit and brought it to me. About three quarters of the snow we used to make a snowman in my front yard. I thought it was the coolest thing ever that there was no snow on the ground anywhere but I still had a snowman in my front yard. The rest of the snow we used to make snow ice-cream and, of course, I immediately became addicted to the stuff. What kid isn't addicted to a high concentration of sugar?

Anyway, this was one of my fondest memories from childhood and I know I will always remember it. Snow does that; It brings people together.