We began our Christmas celebration at the lake with Grandma Candy and Grandpa Chip. It was nice. Graham got to open his presents when we got there so he would have some fun things to play with. Of course his favorite gift was a ball. He is a simple kid I tell you. We had a yummy turkey dinner that Grandpa Chip made. He always does a good job with the cooking. Then we exchanged our gifts that night. It was a peaceful evening.
We got up the next day and headed to Highlands to visit Gigi and Papa. We had heard it was going to snow so I was psyched about a white Christmas. The idea of a white Christmas sounded tranquil and beautiful. We did our usual Christmas Eve service at church and dinner with Aunt Margie and Uncle Richard. We had round two of turkey dinners. The food was delicious as always. I missed Thanksgiving at home so I was thrilled to get Aunt Margie and Mom's home cooking!
Christmas morning arrived and Santa made it to the house. He left Graham a battery powered 4 wheeler, stacking blocks, and a few other goodies. But his favorite gift was a highly annoying snowman that played music;) Thanks Gigi! Side enote- we left that gift in the mountains. Graham wasn't too into opening presents. He still doesn't get it. I am sure next year that won't be a problem.
As we opened present the snow began to fall. It was falling fast. It was beautiful. We read the weather report and looked like we were in for 6-8 inches of snow. That is a lot of snow for the sleepy town of Highlands. Many times the roads don't get plowed for days. After opening the gifts we decided to pack up and head back to Atlanta. The car was packed and the snow fell down. Dad decided to take the lead to try to get us out of town. Good thing he did because we didn't make it far. Our trusty SUV, not 4 wheel drive, wouldn't go anywhere so back to the house we went. I didn't mind. I figured it would be nice to hang out with the fam and enjoy the snow. I really wanted to sled down Aunt Gloria's hill but that didn't happen:( I didn't worry about being snowed in until Mom mentioned losing power. I had flashbacks to the blizzard of 93' I think it was 93'. Ugh it was awful with no power, no heat, no nothing for days! Luckily the power stayed on. We enjoyed the snow. And we made it back to Atlanta the next day. Our car stayed in Highlands but we got back home.
Overall Christmas was a great successful.
The annoying snowman!
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