Snow forts for Christmas

122620.N.BD.SnowFort1.jpg — Casey (left), Raina and Sylvie Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

By Kelly Humphrey

December 26, 2020 at 5:00 AM

1/7: Raina (left) and Sylvie Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

2/7: Kellie (left) and Miles Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

3/7: Kellie and Miles Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

4/7: Sylvie (left) and Raina Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

5/7: Sylvie (left) and Raina Hochhalter build a snow fort in their yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

6/7: Miles Hochhalter loads up a wheelbarrow while building a snow fort in his yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

7/7: Raina Hochhalter builds a snow fort in her yard on Christmas Friday, Dec. 25, in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch

By Kelly Humphrey

Growing up in the Brainerd lakes area I realized that I never wanted to leave, so it is a true blessing that I was able to find a job at the Dispatch doing something I love. As a visual journalist, I work in the mediums of photography and videography to bring our readers everything from sports, hard news, weather and local events to slice of life documentation of our coverage area.

Snow forts for Christmas

Photos of a family building two snow forts in their yard on Christmas.