So, I sent this in an e-mail to my sister and thought it might be blog worthy....for those that don't live in the midwest, be glad.....for those that do, go ahead and tell me to stop complaining about the weather!
We are looking forward to coming to Colorado to “warm up”! Seriously right now it is 13 degrees and “feels like -1”, yes in the middle of the day! And snowing like crazy. Yesterday the high was only 9 degrees and who knows what it “felt like”. Dale couldn’t get any of the car doors open yesterday and had to pry them open. Needless to say we are using our Christmas money to buy an automatic starter for my car….just might be my favorite present of all time :). Pretty sure you NEVER want to come here for Christmas….save your money and come in the summer when we could actually leave the house!! You should have seen Gabe and I this morning running errands….first we get him all suited up in his poofy coat, hat, gloves, snow boots, then I have to get all suited up with scarf, gloves, poofy coat as well…..then to the car without slipping (because snow + really cold temps + humidity = ice), then in the car and attempt to get the him strapped in to the carseat (where did his face go?? Oh yea somewhere between the poofy coat scrunched up from the straps and hat). Then we drive to Pete and Wanda’s to check on the house and get some food that they left (they are in SLC)…the gate lock is frozen shut (I tried yesterday, but now I came prepared with a lighter to melt the ice around the lock) and at least 6-7 minutes later I finally get it open. Gabe is distraught trying to figure out why mommy can’t open the gate…again. Then loading food in my car, etc, off to the shoe store to buy me some shoes (not sure why I choose to this today….but we were right there!...and there are only so many days left to get things done), then to the grocery store. All goes well in the store except that the lines were down the aisles….everyone is trying to beat the big storm…that has already started! Now is has snowed so much and the air is so cold that we can’t really get our cart to drive outside because of the ice (neither can anyone else….but nobody else has a toddler in it!). Finally get to the car, load the food, get gabe in the car seat again. Last stop, drop off dad’s lunch cuz he forgot to take it this morning and Gabe has been asking to “pweese see Daddy at the office..right now!” all morning. Finally home and can sit and watch the snow! Since we are going out of town soon tonight is the only night to deliver nieghbor gifts.....so we all get suited up again and trapse around the nieghborhood delivering bread and candy, yes everyone thought we were crazy! Gabe loved playing in the snow and little did he know that he was on the verge of frostbite anytime :). Mission accomplished....and the highlight of the day……we ate at Qdoba tonight! Yeah!!! Qdoba is like Chipotle and we have NOTHING even close!! It just opened on Sunday…it was awesome and heavenly!!! So there was our day....how was yours??? :).
Day 4 - The Son of God
We only got 4 days on camera....but we are headed to Colorado tomorrow to spend a week with cousins and to continue on! 
