more Christmas details to come!

We had a great Christmas feast at our house on Christmas Eve with all us Neahusans.  Then we went Christmas caroling to a sweet widow in our ward, Sister Robb, and brought her some of our yummy Christmas Eve leftovers.  We had tried hard to convince her to just come over and enjoy the evening with us, but she wouldn't.  When we went over and had the short visit with her, the kids just made her night.  There were tears in her eyes when we sang Silent Night and then said our goodbyes.  I'm so glad we were able to share that true part of the Christmas spirit with her.  Just as importantly, I'm glad the kids got to feel that special spirit in their hearts and feel the love that Christ has for them and for Sister Robb.  Will said it best when he said that he almost cried tears of happiness, and that his heart felt big and warm.

Lastly we went to our good friend's house for some treats and games and the real Christmas story out of Luke 2.  Our kids got cute cute p.j.'s from Grandma Neahusan that they got to open up tonight too.

So let me explain this unusual Christmas Eve picture.  Usually I hate having my picture taken when I'm pregnant because I feel like a beached whale.  But I force myself at least once or twice for posterity's sake.  Tonight I had dressed up a touch and felt almost photogenic, so I had Aspen aim and fire the camera at me.  So, for those of you who don't get to see me pregnant up close and personal, this is me on Christmas Eve 8 months pregnant (35 weeks).

The kids had a day off of school because of all the snow we got.  Then the next two days we had delayed start where school started 2 hours late, partially to help the buses and teachers be more safe.  We got almost a foot of snow last Sunday and then a few inches during the week.  Then yesterday we got another 8-10 inches.  Church was even canceled because of it.

One of the most funny and frustrating things was watching Sean relearn how to drive in the snow.  He thinks just because he got new all-year-round snow-and-mud tires that he can drive his little front wheel drive Trecel in anything.  Nope.  He's gotten stuck twice right in front of our house, and a little bit in his parking lot at work.

The kids have had a blast though.  Kylee and Will surprised me by staying outside for over 2 hours playing in such cold weather.  Aspen grumbled because she had to help shovel the driveway because I couldn't and Sean's rarely home.  It was pretty heavy, wet snow.