Kansas City Wildlife

Ever since moving to the Kansas City area, I have spotted quite a lot of wildlife to my surprise!

I love animals and I get surprisingly excited when I spot an exceptionally neat animal or an exceptionally cute animal.

Over the past seven months of living here I have seen the following out in the wild-

Chipmunks- The first time I saw one in October I was so surprised. They are so precious! They must have gone into hibernation all winter because they disappeared until about the beginning of April.

Rabbits- I love rabbits and think they are super cute! It always makes my day to see a rabbit.

Geese- Wow, they are everywhere!

Ducks- Sometimes you see them hanging out with the geese.

A Beaver!- I couldn't believe this one! Matt and I were on a side road right by a really big interstate and it walked across the road. We stopped the car and watched it go by.

Deer- We saw these all the time in Texas but it is still exciting to see a deer.

Things are looking beautiful all frozen and snowy here again-

I don't think I could make it through all of this snow and cold weather though without my trusty boots.

These are pretty much all I've worn since December and they have been good to me.

I am looking forward to getting back into my flip flops but still grateful for my super warm boots.

The Snow Maker

Today we made our own snow!! A few days ago on TV we saw a lady in Canada try this in -30 degree weather and it was really cool. You boil water and throw it into the air and the steam turns to snow! We tried it ourselves in 21 degree weather and it worked! Check it out!

Winter Wonderland!

Yesterday it snowed about 6 inches here in Kansas City! Being from Texas, I am not used to living somewhere with all of this beautiful snow! (We'll see how long the enthusiasm lasts)

Not only am I not used to seeing this much snow, I have NEVER driven in the snow! Today was my day to venture out in my front wheel drive Honda and give it a whirl! I'm glad to say my drive was successful, I did not even spin my tires once! There were several cars that still sped around me despite the snow, I guess they are more experienced snow drivers. I however have no problem driving niiiice and slow in the snow, even if it does bother more experienced drivers:) 

Last night my husband and I wanted to go sledding. We heard that there was an awesome hill behind Lowes so we went to check it out. It was the funniest sight I've seen in a while. Picture a regular Lowes Home Improvement store with a hill next to the parking lot with about 75 people (adults and kids) barreling down this steep hill on every type of sled, laundry basket, some were even snow boarding!

Currently it is 8 degrees outside and tonight's low is expected to reach -6 degrees. Ridiculous!

FYI: There is a pool under that blanket of snow!