Last night was our annual Stake Presidency Christmas dinner. It's a great way to get myself into the Christmas spirit early. German cuisine has always been a Christmas tradition for us, so that's what they get, and they claim they like it. This is such a special group to us. These men serve so faithfully in the stake presidency and take a huge load off of Randy's shoulders. It's a very small way of saying Thank You, but nevertheless, it is an evening that we look forward to each year.After getting everything cleaned up and put away last evening, we set our alarm for 5:00 a.m. and fell into bed. We awoke to a white world, quickly dressed and headed South where we hoped to join Clarissa, Clayton, and Santa for a ride on the Polar Express. I was amazed at how many others were out at that hour on a snowy Saturday morning, creeping along snow-covered roads in total darkness. We slowly made our way down 355, east on I-80, finally making it to 57. It had taken us an hour to go as far as we normally drive in less that 30 minutes. As we tried to calculate our driving time we realized that we could drive four hours and possibly not make it in time, and besides that, our "white knuckles" were getting tired of the strain and so we reluctantly turned back -- a really disappointing (and very early) start to our day!
2 comments:
Glad you had a fun time last night. We missed you this morning on the train, and were very sad you couldn't make it. We told Santa that you and Randy had been good this year!
Sorry you couldn't make it to the Polar Express. I'm just glad you were safe. We haven't had any snow here in Missouri yet. It's REALLY cold though. Brrr! It reminds me of true cold...not the Utah kind of cold.
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