Ralph Dixon didn't just want to build a snowman – he was called to it

http://WAOW.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=51835;hostDomain=www.waow.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=385;isShowIcon=true;clipId=10985806;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixedRalph Dixon of Schofield, Wisconsin, didn’t just want to build a snowman. He was called to it.

Speaking to north central Wisconsin ABC affiliate WAOW, Dixon said that a few weeks ago his grandson asked him to build a snowman.

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At first, the project ran into a snag when uncharacteristic warm weather descended upon the region, but a recent snowstorm allowed Dixon to complete his task.

He surprised his grandson this weekend, telling the boy – “He was expecting me to build just a regular snowman,” said Dixon – that the 4-ft.-high finished project was, in fact, “Just a little taller than you are.”

Dixon added that for his next project he is considering branching out into characters from other movies. One possibility? The Minions from Despicable Me.