The Christmas of 2009 will be remembered for a long time. Before Christmas we were able to meet a new friend from Colorado. Like us, he is looking into the paint horse showing and how to make a better paint world. We were able to sit down and share ideas on how we feel the paint world will become and how to help it grow. The visit was cut short because of the incoming snow storm. At the time we did not know how big the storm was going to be. Our new Colorado friend was not going home alone. Going on the trip with him was Miss K, Whinnie, Cutter , and Cheerio. Even though they had pickup troubles in SD and the start of a big snow storm, they all were able to make it back to their family for Christmas.
With the Big winter storm coming, most of the family had to slip away from work early and make the trip home before the storm got too bad. The snow started to fall Christmas Eve, but that didn’t stop us from making it to Enderlin for church and to have a Christmas Eve dinner. This was the first Christmas for Danica, Amber and Jeremy’s baby girl. We all had fun with her and loved seeing here opening her first Christmas presents. Most of the family then headed to the farm to spend the night .
Christmas morning, we all were surprised when we looked out the window. It was truly a white Christmas. We were all saddened to find out that a trip to grandmas for Santa gifts and breakfast had to be called off. The 3 mile trip would be too far for the storm that we were having. We still had a good time with the family that was able to make the trip. Once again we were given the treat of watching Danica open gifts and trying to eat the gift wraping. We were all treated to a nice Christmas dinner and lots of card games.
The next day was Mom’s 50th birthday. We didn’t get to throw her a big party because of being snowed in. We did have some ice cream cake and lots of leftovers. Dad and I did not get to spend the day with mom and the family. It was the start of what it seemed like a never ending digging out of snow. Over the two days we had around 20 inches of snow and it blew around. There were drifts 4 feet high in places. It was not until the next day that we had it mostly cleared off the roads so family could start going home. The rest of Christmas break was spent trying to stay warm. We went through 2 weeks of never getting over O degrees and lows well into the -30s most nights. The cold made it hard to dig out the farm and feed horses. Luckily we planned ahead and put extra hay out so we did not have to push too hard to get them enough.
The Christmas of 2009 will be one to remember for us. Meeting a new friend, Christmas with the family, Danica’s first Christmas, the big snow storm, and the very cold day and nights will make it hard to forget this Christmas break. Because of being snowed in, we were able to spend more time with family. Looking back over this break, and even if I could change anything,I would not have it any other way. Well, maybe loose the extreme cold.
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