A Christmas to Remember

This was certainly a Christmas we won't ever forget. We have had record snowfall for the past two weeks and what's more, from 5:30am on Christmas morning to 7pm that evening we were without power and heat. Drew and his family managed to make it here on Christmas - thanks to his heavy duty Dodge Durango. However, when they arrived the house was cold due to no heat and there was no dinner cooked because of no power. Inovative as we are, we fired up both fireplaces and lit all the candles in the house. Dinner ended up being hotdogs cooked in our wood burning fireplace and eaten by candlelight. It was definitely an unusual Christmas for us. I heated some rocks by the fireplace to put in the beds, so we could at least get into a warm bed, but the heat came back on at 7 pm, so we didn't need them. It continued to snow every day Drew and family were here and so we didn't get out much. We totaled about 30 inches (75 cm) of snow before it started to melt yesterday. We spent our days sledding on the steep hills around here, playing board games and enjoying the time together. It is rare that the 7 of us are together any more, so it made for a great Christmas.
We are definitely ready for the new year!!