This was the first white Christmas that we have ever seen in Seattle. The roads were horrible the whole time. We were lucky that Parry’s were able to come. They spent 17 hours on the road and on the side of the road for what’s supposed to be a 12 hour trip.

On Christmas Eve, Gramma Sophie and Jeff and Lauren spent the night here at Church’s. It was still snowing enough that we were afraid the roads would be impassible on Christmas. We don’t remember what we did.

Presents were fun on Christmas morning. I got a RC plane that I haven’t tried out yet. Elisa gave me a Sedaris book I wanted. My big present to Chad was a $3 oil vial. 🙂 Three days after Christmas I gave Elisa the DVD that I ordered but had been delayed in the mail. 🙂 We did good. 😉

There were some fun presents to see opened. We got everyone go-cart racing. They had to put together puzzle pieces that were attached to their matchbox car present. Daniel gave us all tickets to the same concert he was given tickets for on his birthday. And then there was the enormous scavenger hunt for Dad’s Apple computer. He had to use his GPS and his metal detector. One of the clues was submerged in the lake and anchored to a tree branch with string. It was pretty cool. They whole time we had to trudge through the snow.

The Parry side celebrated Christmas on the 27th at the Hilton. We snagged a boardroom. Elisa and I got a digital camcorder from my parents. They forgot we had already gotten one (practically unused) for our wedding. There’s no reason to have two camcorders, no matter how cute Eden is, so we will exchange it. We gave Sophia a kick bike, and I think Elisa and I were the most excited about it. Jeff didn’t let us assemble it because then he wouldn’t be able to transport it back to Idaho. 🙁