Snowed In on Christmas Day!

We were snowed in on Christmas Day! Not only was it snowing, but the winds were blowing hard. There was no visibility until the evening. We were not able to go to visit any family so we stayed home all day.
Ashley woke up at 4:45 am! We told her to go back to bed! We all got up around 6:15 am because the girls could not wait any longer. Despite not getting to see our families, it was a wonderful Christmas! We relaxed, the girls played with their new stuff, and we watched movies. Of course we had to go shovel so we could get out the next day. We shoveled in the early evening when there was a break in the snow. Wow, it took us two hours of shoveling! We had 4-4 1/2 foot piles of snow in our yard after shoveling, so we went sledding in our front yard! The girls loved it!

Christmas Eve 2008

On Christmas Eve we had dinner at Grandpa and Grandmommy Shaw's house (Bonnie's parents). Grandpa Shaw read the nativity and then the kids opened presents. Wes, Amy and the girls were there also. It is a good thing that we exchanged all of our presents since we didn't make it down on Christmas day. The girls had fun playing with their cousins Katelynn (3) and Elizabeth (10 months). We knew the storm was coming so we left before it hit. It hit around 9:30 pm.

Halloween 2008

On Halloween we made a quick trip to Bountiful to see Grandma Jones. Bonnie made homemade chicken noodle soup for dinner and we had it with our friends the Pursers, then the kids headed out to Trick-or Treat. It was a fun Halloween. Karrie was, of course, a scary scream person (she has always loved the scary costumes). Ashley was a cute witch with pink hair. Mike has dressed up for work since last year. I think he outdid himself this year; he was a maid. But hey, he won an ipod at the work Halloween party and gave it to Bonnie, so way to go Mike!