Christmas 2009 - Part 1

Dave and I were to host Christmas this year. Dave's family was going to come over on Friday and then my mom's family was going to come over on Saturday.

It was going to be magical.

Then the snow began. Sigh...

My Mom got someone to cover her Thursday shift (Thanks Connie!). Her and Dad traveled up early Thursday morning. They made it safely and we spent all day baking and getting the house ready for the weekend.

We spent the snow filled evening having Mario Kart, bowling, and golf tournaments on the Wii. Great fun. Then we tried baseball. Second pitch thrown and all power gone! Who knew I could throw that fast?

Anyway, it's now 9:30 p.m. and Michael has just arrived to a house without power. This means no heat, no lights, nothing. We went to bed in to a cold house, hoping to have power in the morning. Luckily, power was restored a few hours later and none of us froze!

Michael had arrived pretty late and no one wanted to scoop the drive for him. He had to park his car on the road. Lucky for him, we take in all stranded motorists.

The next morning he had to head out to his car to get his cell phone from the car.

We all enjoyed watching him from the warm house.

Friday to come....