White Christmas 2009!

Christmas Eve we left Gran's house in Richardson at 4:45pm and made it home around 6pm. The snow that had started to fall upon arriving at Gran's at 1pm was sticking to the grass and roads, and about the time we reached Lewisville the roads were officially very bad. It got worse the farther north we went and when we exited Garden Ridge the car behind us couldn't make a turn and went straight into a ditch. As we approached the bridge, we saw a few cars going over but also a couple that were stalled. The stupid truck in front of us decided to stop on the incline and put on his four-wheel drive, so we had to make a quick decision to go into the oncoming lane to go around him so we could keep our momentum and not stall out. Fortunately, we made it over the bridge and onto Highland Village road without incident. HV Road was getting very slippery, and we slid a little down some hills getting to our house, but we managed to make it to our driveway and park in our normal spot. The snow was beautiful, a fine powder that stuck to everything.

The ranch truck, covered in snow on Christmas Eve.

Back deck
Gracie eating a cup of snow while Bandit begs for some. She was fascinated by the unlimited supply and ate several cups sitting by the fire.

The next morning we opened the front door and this is what we saw: four full inches of perfect, powdered snow!

Gracie woke up and came upstairs to find that Santa had brought her a beautiful bouncy horse and a stable for her Breyer horses!

Gracie had not forgotten the snow outside, and snacked on a snowball for breakfast.

Sherrie's (Nanny's) apron with hand and footprints from Gracie and Gunner, with plenty of room for more grandchildren! =)

A happily zonked out little girl, snuggled into her new Dora blanket.

A very fun Dora tent!