~Christmas in the White Mountains~

The day after Christmas we drove up to Pinetop for Christmas with my parents in the SNOW! The drive up was okay until we hit the rim then we came across ice patches and falling snow. Once we got to where my parents lived, we had a little trouble getting in because the roads were not cleared yet. It took us about 10 minutes with the Yukon XL. HOWEVER my brother, and sister who were right behind us, finally got to my parents an hour and a half later! The snow was about 3 feet high. My parents home looked beautiful! Once everyone was settled we gathered around the tree. My parents planned a story to read to the kids about "The True Meaning of Christmas" all the adults read a portion. The kids and even the adults learned something and it was really touching. Then my parents made special ornaments for everyone so we took turns placing them on the tree. We opened gifts which took a while with 14 people....We then had a scrumptious dinner and RELAXED. The next couple days we played in the snow, played games, watched movies, ate, ate, and ate....(below is a slide show of all the fun we had).

Driving up the RIM.....
Look at that SNOW!