We also got stranded on the road for an extra 9 hours because of closed roads.
The year before that we had to take Stori to the ER on Christmas eve morning because she was so sick and weak.
The year before that Dan had ALL his camera equipment stolen from our car.
The year before that I had to go to the ER to get fluids pumped into me because I was so sick and couldn't take anything because i was pregnant.
This year just might take the cake though... (hope the trend isn't that things progressively get worse)
There are also some GREAT things about Christmas, so I'll get to those first
Yay for being with family for 2 straight weeks! It was COLD outside (hence the frozen face on SDR after his morning run), but luckily my mom has a great house for entertaining kids, and a plethora of cousins.
Zoning out to christmas movies one night. Sylvie and Ryder together again.
Games, games, and more games! I love that Stori is really getting into card games, and is actually quite good at them too. Also glad she has cousins to play them with, because I get burned out doing them all day haha.
The nativity this year was quite hilarious... I need to get the video from meg! haha. This is a pretty good picture though---makes it look like it went off without a flaw!
A christmas story lesson from aunt Meg
Christmas eve jammies. We always do a scavenger hunt with clues that lead to their new jammers, and this year was so fun to have Stori be able to read all the clues. She is getting so big!
We also attempted the pyramid because there weren't that many grandkids there this year... attempt was the key word haha. Im holding Sylvie up in the back just as the pyramid came crumbling down.
Our traditional Christmas Eve walk (and freeze) in the snow!
Each year we make name cards so that santa knows where to put the presents. This is Stori's that she made 100% on her own. She asked me later why she wrote the word raptor on her picture, because she actually wanted a raccoon haha. your guess is as good as mine sister.
CHRISTMAS MORNING!! oh it was so much fun! the girls are at the perfect age to get so excited at such small things. Our rule is that they get to ask Santa for 3 gifts (to represent the 3 gifts given to Jesus by the Wisemen), but our girls could only think of one thing they wanted. Stori wanted Rocco the Raccoon beanie boo, and sylvie wanted a tent.
^rocco and the tent.
Okay, here is where I tell the bad news.
After Santa presents, we went to church, then back home for a big breakfast. Well it had snowed probably 14 inches in 2 days, so the roads in Lewisville were practically a field; no snow plows, and not a car to be seen. well... there was at least one car, and dan managed to find it! He had taken Megan and Joels snowmobile out for a quick trip before the plows came, and when he got to the road right by my moms house, he collided with an SUV. He went flying over the hood, landed on the windshield, and then slid off. The woman in the passenger side (where dan hit) was freaking out, probably assuming that Dan was dead. (understandable, because he very well could have been). The snowmobile was completely totaled. It was so lucky that dan wasn't injured. The sides where his legs "should" have been, was completely destroyed, yet he was untouched. He should have shattered his legs in 100 pieces, but for some reason, he didn't even get a bruise. He said it took him 20 minutes to get the courage to walk in and tell Joel that he ruined his snowmobile. He also spent most of the day crying from stress---wondering how we could afford $2,000 to fix their snowmobile. Megan and Joel were absolute angels about the whole thing, and totally understanding. And another miracle came through that night, when 'by chance' we were able to find almost the exact same snowmobile within driving distance, that had a blown engine, but a perfect shell. which was opposite of joels; broken shell, but perfect engine. So dan and Joel drove to Montana the next day and bought that snowmobile.... SO LUCKY!!
Also that night, my mom's septic tank flooded her basement, Sylvie started throwing up, and how about we just add: strep throat for all 4 radfords, Stori, then me, and then Dan also getting the throw ups, my moms garbage disposal breaking, a broken fireplace, and a windstorm that crushed my mom's siding. phew. that sounds exhausting.
(the next day Sylvie casually walked down the stairs talking to herself saying, "I ruined Christmas. I ruined Christmas and I ruined the potty." Poor little girl must have overheard Dan and I talking about how crappy the day was. After that we tried to emphasize all the good stuff going on instead).
In an attempt to cheer up depressed little Daniel, we decided to take a trip to Jackson for him to take as many pictures as he wanted, of as many things as he wanted. I only lost my cool twice... really, another picture of a deer? oh what, like we've never seen a hawke like that before?
I secretly saw a lot more animals than he knows about so that we didn't have to keep stopping haha. He did get some good ones though.
I love taking pictures of him taking pictures.
dans parents moved to Rigby, so we got to see them over the holidays too. I loved this picture of Dan totally unamused of his 5 year old sitting on his shoulders while in mid conversation with his family.
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| one of the boys made a tripod out of napkins and oreos, so this was the only picture of our high school/college friend reunion party. It is so not flattering of anyone, but the night was a blast! |
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