Christmas Eve AKA The Day of the Blizzard

What a crazy Christmas Eve! Like everyone else in Edmond, we were basically snowed in beginning early afternoon. Luckily, Jack had spent the night with my parents and my dad came to pick me up early that morning so that I wouldn't have to drive. If you're going to be snowed in somewhere, it may as well be at my parents' house, where the view of the snow was so pretty with all of their trees! Plus, Hayley and Nick were there, so it was a day of family. We baked cookies, finished wrapping presents, and just spent time playing with Jack.

Unfortunately, Randy had to work that day (long story). When he left work around 3:00, the roads were getting really bad and he spent a lot of time helping other people get their cars out of the parking lot before leaving himself. Then, because we had decided it was better not to get Jack back out that night, he had to go home to pick up all of our things to spend the night before heading to my parents' house himself. The whole ordeal took several hours and much stress, but he made it safely!

Once Randy arrived, we all just relaxed and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. We opened presents and then set out cookies for Santa Clause. Jack was in awe of the whole thing! Last year, he was a little too young to understand what was going on, so this year was like watching him experience Christmas for the first time! It was so sweet and memorable.