First, our card:
My friend Natalie Mitchell took our pictures - she does great work!
Merry Christmas Everyone!
We opened our gifts here early :)
Sydney helped Drew open his, they were excited with new toys! Then we packed and prepared for our journey to Arizona.
On the way to Arizona....
We left early (5 AM Arizona time), and it was smooth sailing the first 9-10 hours of the trip. We stopped only twice for potty/gas breaks - amazing when you have a potty trained three year old and a one year old stuck in a car seat for that long! The kids were happy, we were happy...
Then we got into Overguard and the snow storm hit. People at the gas station warned us, "Fill your tank, bring water, cause it's a mess down there. Cars off the road everywhere, some upside down; rigs jack-knifed..." We thought,"Oh, we'll be careful, no big deal, we're almost home!" SEVEN HOURS we sat in our car outside Forest Lakes. Should've been down off the mountain and at my sister's by 5PM, nope, we rolled in at 2AM! I have never been so nauseous in my life as I was driving down that icy mountain! My stomach was in KNOTS, and I seriously thought I'd throw up behind the wheel there a time or two. It was CRAZY (this was 10:30 at night when we finally were able to follow the snow plow and begin our decent). The kids were amazingly fine for the first 5 hours or so of sitting there. We had no DVD player, no IPOD, NOTHING to entertain the poor things, and it was freezing outside so we all just sat in our seats. Here are some pictures we took while we still had the energy to make it fun. :)
Lots of cars in front of us
Lots more behind us
Pace jumped out to see what the deal was... We were stuck behind a jack knifed rig, and between road closures - not good.
The kids were excited to see all the snow at first
Lots more behind us
Pace jumped out to see what the deal was... We were stuck behind a jack knifed rig, and between road closures - not good.
The kids were excited to see all the snow at first
We invited a freezing FedEx driver to sit with us (bummer, no pic). He was nearly out of gas and couldn't leave the truck and heat running. We had a full tank so were nice and toasty. At 7:30 we had to bring the kids up front and rock them to sleep, both were crying hard. We all fell asleep around 9:00, woke once we could follow the plow down the mountain. Holy cow what a night! So glad we made it, but pray we never have too do that again!
4 comments:
Holy crap, you actually updated :)!! I had SO much fun with you guys while you were here! You had such a better attitude about the 12 hour trip turned into 20 hours than I would have! I too, hope you never have to do that again!
Your pictures make the trip out look like a fun little trip through the snow! I seriously felt guilty going to bed that night, knowing you guys were still trapped!
Wow!!! What a trip! That is terrible! But, your kids are so darn cute!!!
LOVE Drews face on your christmas card, he is so dang cute!
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