December flurries

Well, I was obviously wrong in my last post regarding snow accumulation in DFW over Christmas!! It continued snowing throughout the day (between 2-3inches) and the evening temperatures got into the 20's and we did indeed have a WHITE CHRISTMAS the next morning! The news team said this is DFW's 1st white Christmas in 84 years. Needless to say, it was beautiful and cold, but unfortunately provided pretty treacherous ice conditions on the roads. Mike and I did travel to and from Fort Worth and Grand Prairie twice on the icy roads and thankfully arrived at our destinations safely. Christmas Eve driving around 9:30pm was definitely worse than 9am the next morning, but bridges remained icy until the afternoon of the 25th when the sun helped to melt and evaporate a lot of the ice. We hope that you all had safe and wonderful Christmas celebrations with your family. We really enjoyed the time with our families as well. Mike and I gave each other a brand new Cannon camera this year in preparation for the coming arrival of Ryan as well as an iPod speakers docking station where you can place your iPod on the speaker stand and it charges your iPod while also playing the music through the speakers like a stereo system. We took a few pictures of the snow and us opening our gifts on Christmas morning so I will try to post those soon. We are back to work for 3 days this week, although we may work from home Tuesday afternoon due to more inclement icy/snow weather expected in the afternoon. I would hate to get stuck driving on the Dallas highways in ice during rush hour. No Thanks!! We are planning to celebrate the New Year just the two of us this week with steaks, roasted potatoes, steamed green beans w/ almond slivers, salad, & rolls. We have bought our champagne (sparkling grape juice for me!) and even some individual pints of ice cream to enjoy for dessert. We are planning to have a relaxing evening and maybe even enjoy a "Redbox" rental. In case I don't post again before the end of the year; we wish you and your family a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope 2010 brings many blessings and wonderful times for you and your family.

~Emily