We had a fun Christmas at Kelly & Josh's in Gresham, OR. It took us 10 hours (instead of the regular 6 1/2) to get there on Christmas Eve due to snow, ice and wind. We made it all the way without putting on chains, although we would have put them on if there had been any place to pull off on the side of the road to do it! Unfortunately, Oregon isn't into plowing the roads very regularly.
We played quite a bit of Mario Kart for Wii - although Josh and Skyler are really the pros. Kelly made some wonderful crepes on Christmas morning and we all went to the movies on Christmas afternoon. It was pretty snowy so we mainly stayed indoors and played with the new toys that the grandkids got. Dusty and Kara were suppose to drive down for the day from Seattle but with the weather they opted to stay put at Kara's parents' house.
We left on Saturday to drive home hoping to get ahead of another winter storm. Unfortunately, we only got as far as Pendleton, Oregon before the mountain pass was closed and we had to spend the night. We got up at 6:00 am on Sunday, started driving through high winds, snow and ice but finally made it home another 5 hours later. We wouldn't have missed Christmas with the kids for anything! It's a good thing that grandparents are more reliable that the postman (Kelly & Josh haven't had mail for 7 days!)
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