MERRY CHRISTMAS

There are so many benefits of being a teacher and one of the comes during winter break and getting 2 weeks off. I flew back to Salt Lake on Christmas Eve to be welcomed by lots of snow and chilling cold weather. I rode back with Teresa and Colt to Idaho only to be welcomed by lots of snow and freezing cold weather. Don't get me wrong, I grew up in the snow and cold weather but now that I live in California I have grown attached to the sunshine and warm weather during the winter months. I do get depressed though when Christmas comes and there's no snow because for me it's not Christmas unless there snow.

Christmas was nice and I got wonderful gifts but when it came time to go to my aunts house for our traditional Christmas dinner it was disrupted because of the drifting snow and closed highways. I was so bitter and I told my family, I didn't fly all the way from California to get snowed in. It's one thing to come home and drive in the snow, but it's another thing to come home to snow and not be able to go anywhere because you're snowed in!!!! So basically all we did on Christmas day was lounge in our pajamas, ate food and watched TV.

I was getting antsy and I was so happy to hear that a snow plow had cleared the highway but before we could get to the highway we had to plow our own driveway. Dad and Colt got a head start but we soon realized it just wasn't a two person job, so it turned into a family activity where all of us were out shoveling snow. It took us a good hour to get to the street that gets us to the highway. Don't worry Teresa's car got stuck but thanks to mom's jeep we had a path to follow to shovel snow.

Finally we were out, but once we were out we weren't sure if we would be able to get back in so we ended up having a slumber party and grandma's house in Pocatello for a few days. It's been a while since I've had one of those.

We went to the movies (cinematic adventure) and went and saw Marley and Me and Seven Pounds. We went over to my aunts house and had a traditional Christmas dinner a few days later with leftovers, but they were just as good. It was nice to visit with my aunt, uncle and grandma. It's been such a long time since I've seen them. Oh and my aunt has such the cutest dogs, Missy and Joey (maltese) in their winter coats.

We didn't know what the weather was going to have in store for us so I went back to Salt Lake with Teresa and Colt on Sunday. The roads were terrible and there was supposed to be another storm coming through and I didn't want to take the chance of being stuck when I have a flight to catch on Wednesday. All in all, I had a nice a Christmas even if we did get snowed in and it was nice to spend time with the family.