What a month it's been! Full of excitement, stress, but most of all BLESSINGS!!! At the beginning of December we weren't sure we'd even be able to buy gifts to mail to our grandkids. But God blessed my husband with so much work that suddenly we were not only able to buy and mail gifts, we were also able to make the trip to Kissimmee and Virginia to DELIVER most of the gifts we bought!!!!! (We had to mail the gifts to Alaska...) God is so very, very good!!!!
We started our trip with a visit to see Molly. It was short (just a couple of hours) but very sweet and she was happy to see us and LOVED her gifts! Then we drove about 6 hours through countless herds of deer just on the side of the road on the interstate to S Carolina where we slept for a few hours. Then yesterday morning we got up early and drove about 6 1/2 more hours to arrive in Virginia Beach to visit our grandsons, my daughter and her SO. Noah had no idea we were coming and was so surprised!! And Steve and Garrett finally met. Of course it was instant love on both sides! :) Then we opened gifts and a great time was had by all of us. Next we went to the Chinese buffet where Noah learned that octopus wasn't so bad after all. (EEEEWWWW YUCK!) And home we went to crash. By 10 PM it was snowing and it hasn't stopped since!!! (I'm typing this at 5 PM the next day!)
We now have about 2 FEET of snow and it's still a blizzard out there!!!!!!! We're SUPER glad we didn't fly and that we drove yesterday!!!
Today has been spent enjoying football and each other. Brett cooked his famous chicken wings - hot for him and Steve and BBQ for Noah, Michele and I. :) YUMMY! He came out of the kitchen with the second batch and said "Thanks for making this such an awesome Christmas guys!" Awwwwwww!!!! :) We agree Brett! :)
So now we're just curious how much snow we'll eventually end up with and whether or not Michele's store will be closed tomorrow... It's supposed to continue snowing all night! Very rare for this area too! And we'll enjoy our time here with them. Thursday we drive to Northern Virginia to see the rest of my family for a few days and then hopefully drive home on the third where our friends are taking better care of our home and dog Baxter than we would be! Like I said, we have been very blessed!
The next post has a slideshow of events so far this Christmas season. Check back soon for more because the cameras have been quite busy!!! Hehe!
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3 comments:
So glad that you have had such a wonderful Christmas, and that Steve has snow just like he did when he was little and lived in Alaska. It has been a white Christmas for you and especially for Steve. Merry Christmas my friend!
What a blessing that you were able to visit you grands for the holiday! Thanks for the sweet comment on my Echo Park post!
So glad you were able to take this trip Ginni! Enjoy the rest of your vacation and Happy New Year!
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