Snowed in for ChristmasWe had a fun and quiet Christmas Eve at home. As is our family tradition we started with a reenactment of the Nativity. Each child picks a part and is given 5 minutes to find some sort of costume. I've included a picture of Ruth as the Angel and Kaitlin as Mary at the Enuciation. Ruth is quite the actress.
The rest of the evening was full of good food, crafts and games. Our family's favorite game is PIT and yes, we got in a few rounds right before bed.
We woke up to a blizzard Christmas morning. A real out and out blizzard that blew and blew until well past noon. We had to cancel our plans to visit my parents that day but we didn't mind so much. We had a great day playing with our new toys and enjoying a quiet Christmas day as a family.
The snow drifted up four feet against our house. Chuck and I shoveled, and Chaz helped a bit too. Later that day our Bishop called and asked Chuck and Chaz to join a neighborhood shoveling brigade organized by our church. They spent a couple of hours shoveling out the homes of people that needed it. Oh yeah! We were really feeling the Christmas spirit.
The next day we finally made it to my parents house. A drive that usually takes us a little less then 2 hours took us 3 hours that day. The highway was packed with snow and ice and we counted 14 skid offs or accidents along the way.We enjoyed a fun day there visiting with family. Playing Apples to Apples, eating and the kids went sledding.
I don't know if it was the shoveling or wii boxing but my shoulders were almost immovable the day after Christmas. A sign of ageing for sure.
2 comments:
Glad you had a nice Christmas. And, yea! You got a Wii!
We were quite buried too - Adam and Zach got out the snowblower and made their way up and down the street. We are VERY grateful for the snowblower! Sounds like it was a nice thing to stay home - my kids were wishing we had too!
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