Christmas 2009

Well it's been 5 months since I last posted so here goes!!!

 

Christmas 2009 was different than we'd planned but wonderful all the same. We were planning on going to Utah and started our trip out with a few days at Mom & Dad's in Kansas. The weather wasn't very good (if you remember, it was a historically HUGE storm that hit...but we didn't know it was going to be that bad at the time )  but I was chompin' at the bit to get going ( I really wanted to see everyone in Utah!) but Chuck was smart about things and wanted to wait....we stayed an extra day at my parents----luckily! Because if we'd gone ahead and gone we would have been stuck in Denver, in a hotel room, all alone for Christmas! The roads from Denver to SLC were closed and during the night that we would have spent in Denver, the roads back to Kansas were closed! I was very grateful that Chuck was smart about it!!! I think he was being prompted and we were being watched over! So we got "stuck" in Kansas instead!  Thank heavens that we have family that is close now! :) We were VERY grateful for the invitation from Dan and Celeste (my brother) to spend Christmas with them so we all trecked up to Manhattan, KS and had a PERFECT Christmas together. Celeste was the perfect hostess and made us feel so welcomed.   It was just a great time together---Merry Late Christmas! :)