Christmas morning started like most Christmas mornings: kids up too early, impatiently waiting for everyone to be ready to start opening presents. Around 7:00, I jumped in the shower, wondering what happened to the snow that the weather men had said would start falling at mid-night. By the time I got out of the shower, the snow was falling. It was beautiful. Within an hour every thing was white.
Jon and I wondered if we should go ahead and head to FL today instead of waiting until tomorrow. The snow was piling up quickly and they were calling for sleet by the afternoon.
We started opening presents around 8:00.
This year we had the boys draw names among themselves. Jonah got Isaiah a wood-building set. Elijah got Jonah a Halo Mongoose. Isaiah got Elijah a Dragon Egg. Ezra bought Malachi his first Lego set--construction workers. And Malachi picked out an Anakin Skywalker Galactic Hero for Ezra.
We gave Isaiah his own video camera (the only thing he really asked for).
We gave Malachi a Moon Dough Barn.
We gave Jonah another Halo set, Ezra a Lego castle and Elijah a Lego Dictionary.
Mimi and Papa gave the 3 big boys scooters.
Ezra got 2 Playmobil sets from Mimi and Papa.
And Malachi got a tool box from Mimi and Papa.
Jonah, Elijah, Isaiah and Ezra got a Hero Factory guy and Malachi got a rug that looks like roads.
We gave Jonah a Airsoft pistol.
There were a few more Legos given and Granny held Allie through the whole thing. All in all everyone had a lot to do to get all the "sets" built. So the boys starting playing.
Jon and I made a decision to go ahead and leave. I packed the suitcases as fast as I could and Jon loaded the car top carrier and van in the falling snow. We got on the road a little before 11:00. Once we hit the road we were so glad we had left, another hour and we wouldn't have made it down our hill. Even the interstate was bad.
After about 2 hours the snow let up and was mostly rain. We found out that they canceled church for tomorrow and that made us even happier that we had rushed away when we did. After all, we might have only got trapped for a day or two, but when you drive 11 hours, you want to be there as long as possible and get the most out of the time.
We arrived safely but tired tonight around 9:45.
Jon and I wondered if we should go ahead and head to FL today instead of waiting until tomorrow. The snow was piling up quickly and they were calling for sleet by the afternoon.
We started opening presents around 8:00.
This year we had the boys draw names among themselves. Jonah got Isaiah a wood-building set. Elijah got Jonah a Halo Mongoose. Isaiah got Elijah a Dragon Egg. Ezra bought Malachi his first Lego set--construction workers. And Malachi picked out an Anakin Skywalker Galactic Hero for Ezra.
We gave Isaiah his own video camera (the only thing he really asked for).
We gave Malachi a Moon Dough Barn.
We gave Jonah another Halo set, Ezra a Lego castle and Elijah a Lego Dictionary.
Mimi and Papa gave the 3 big boys scooters.
Ezra got 2 Playmobil sets from Mimi and Papa.
And Malachi got a tool box from Mimi and Papa.
Jonah, Elijah, Isaiah and Ezra got a Hero Factory guy and Malachi got a rug that looks like roads.
We gave Jonah a Airsoft pistol.
There were a few more Legos given and Granny held Allie through the whole thing. All in all everyone had a lot to do to get all the "sets" built. So the boys starting playing.
Jon and I made a decision to go ahead and leave. I packed the suitcases as fast as I could and Jon loaded the car top carrier and van in the falling snow. We got on the road a little before 11:00. Once we hit the road we were so glad we had left, another hour and we wouldn't have made it down our hill. Even the interstate was bad.
After about 2 hours the snow let up and was mostly rain. We found out that they canceled church for tomorrow and that made us even happier that we had rushed away when we did. After all, we might have only got trapped for a day or two, but when you drive 11 hours, you want to be there as long as possible and get the most out of the time.
We arrived safely but tired tonight around 9:45.
I need to get my kids to draw names for each other next year, that was a good idea!
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