Happy Holidays - even with the snow !!!

Not the greatest picture in the world but it goes to show I can do hard things. This snow is here to stay and even showed up on Christmas day. We received another 6 to 8 inches on Christmas morning and had to move it before everyone came. Not a desired thing to do before presents but you have to do what has to be done. Matt was home after getting stranded in Portland for the days before Christmas. Except for Damon and his family ,Cristy (Cristy's first Christmas not spent here) and Nathaniel - we where all together. We finally got everyone here around 11 a.m. and started opening presents. Always a fun time.
Christmas is better with kids.....I think !!

But then again it's great to have the parents there too!! My brothers and I got Mom and Dad a cell phone. We got the phone for seniors - the Jitterbug - Mom was really glad and I really think it is growing on Dad. It is great to be able to communicate!

My reaction to seeing that Damon and Nikki got us a web cam for the computer. Now we can see the grand kids when we talk to them. I'll get into this 21 century yet. Thank-you Grant for grabbing my camera and taking pictures.

Grant and Liz are holding Georgey's interest with this surprise.

Mandy got this game from Grant and Liz. I actually got the same game for her but found out before Christmas that Grant got her that - so I brought my game back. The grown - up kids played a round of the game after dinner. Speaking of dinner - we ate around 1:30 and it was goooooood! Cooked the bird in a bag this year and boy was it faster and juicy!!
Here is Dad going back for seconds. I love to see him eat !!! It was a good day - we got to talk to Cristy and Damon a few times each throughout the day - yes, a very good day!

And then we had to get back to reality! Snow!! We have dealt with two more storms and a two day melt down since Christmas. Darren left in the middle of one storm and I am glad to say he made it home safe and sound.

Grant has gone the extra mile and worked on Dad's roof - getting ice out of the gutters and the first foot of roof. He had to use a pick. As you can see it is snowing again. We got another 6 inches today. Please remember us in your prayers in that our snow blower keeps working. Grant and Liz are taking off tomorrow - it isn't suppose to snow tomorrow but the next day we are forecast to get another 6 inches.
Remember my lilac bushes? I hope they survive this snow. They are just about covered. Over at Dad's house there is a spot where the snow blower can't blow the snow over the top of the berm. And this is still just December. I love winter. I love winter. I love winter.