White Christmas /2009

Christmas of 2009 was definitely one of the most memorable Christmas I ever had. Many of you already heard our family trip to Albuquerque on Dec 24th. What a day! I will briefly describe so I wont take so much time.
So we get ready to drive to my in-laws to spend Christmas. We leave on the 24th a little beat later in the day thinking that we should be save from the storm that was coming. I thought to myself how bad snow storms can be in Texas,apparently they can be bad or at least this one was. We were about 1 1/2 hours from Dallas when we couldn't move anymore and the whole highway was shut down. We thought great we are going to be late for Christmas Eve. Little did we know that we wouldn't make there until late evening of the 25th. Anyway we had to stay in the car for hours in the middle of a huge blizzard. Eventually our car battery died around 8:00P.M. and we didn't have any heat. We were freezing. We decided to leave the car and walk about a mile back to a gas station and spend the night there. Luckily a police officer was going around trying to take people to shelters. He took us in his jeep (in a very wild ride) back to a church that was getting people that were stuck in the highway as well. We spend the night there with many strangers, but I was so glad to no have to be in the freezing cold. The members of the that church were really kind. They woke up early on Christmas day and came to make breakfast for us and hundred's of other people. I was really touched by their love. From there we were able to get our car back and fix it and drive to Albuquerque. Once we got there (exhausted) we were so grateful to see everyone. I know they all prayed for us and I'm grateful for that little Christmas miracle.

We had a marvelous time for the rest of the week we were there. We went to birthday parties, meet the newest member of the family, Maddie and the kids play together for hours and hours. Christmas is a time to be together as families and most important of all to remember our Savior and celebrate His birth. This is what is important everything else is just a plus. At the end we can't complain about the snow it made us have a very white Christmas.