Christmas Eve

Wow, what a busy Christmas time we have had!! I have barely had a chance to breathe, much less update my blog! There is so much to blog about, I hardly know where to start. So I'll do this one day at a time and start with Christmas Eve. GD had the day off, so he stayed home with the kids while I went to work that morning. A little before noon, it started snowing!! Where I work in Plano, it was snowing hard! Big, white, beautiful flakes! I always love it when it snows, but I was just a little worried since my brother was supposed to be landing at DFW at 3:30 that afternoon. He flew from Hong Kong to Tokyo and then Tokyo to Dallas. We were all anxious to see him and I didn't want the weather to mess anything up. I got off work early, around noon. Then I met my mom and Kason and we left Celina around 2pm to drive to the airport to pick up Rob. It was still snowing, but the roads weren't bad on the way there. We got there without any trouble and sat down to wait for Rob to make his appearance. Here is a pic of Kason and Mom at the airport waiting for Rob:
The weather didn't hinder the flight and we finally got to hug Rob's neck around 4pm! We hadn't seen him in a year and 8 months (not counting Skype!) so it was quite a reunion. He looked great!

Alot skinnier then last time we saw him. He said they eat very healthy in HK, none of that red meat and junk food we eat here. So of course that was what he was craving when he got here! On the way home from the airport the snow had continued and the roads had gotten worse. We saw quite a few accidents on the way home and even saw a car spin around on an overpass! It was a little scary! I called GD on the way home and we decided not to go to Pottsboro that evening for his Mom's family's Christmas. We hated to miss it, but the roads were just too dicey to risk it. So Mom, Roby, Kason and I stopped at Macaroni Grill and got food to bring home. We made it back to Celina safely and dug in to our Christmas Eve dinner from Mac Grill! :) Rob had been craving it and scarfed it down. After dinner, we got the kids dressed and went to church for the Christmas Eve Candlelight service.

I love the candlelight service, it is my favorite service of the year. The snow was really falling at this point!! Our cars were covered when we got out of church. Mom and Rob decided to spend the night since the roads were bad and they were going to come over early in the morning anyway to see the kids open their gifts. When we got home from the service Rob decided he was still hungry and ate 5 (count them 5!!!!) corny dogs!!! Piggy!! :)

We finally got the kids to bed and began wrapping presents. Lo and behold around 11pm or so the electricity went out!!! So we finished wrapping the gifts by candle light and flashlight. We got out lots of blankets and everyone went to bed. Rob slept in Kason's bed so Kason slept with us. Needless to say, between the cold and Kason, I didn't get much sleep that night! But it was so wonderful knowing Rob was home and we were all together. That is what really matters! So that was our Christmas Eve. Christmas Day blog coming soon..... :)