Building Food Storage and Using It: Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas from the Allen family

Spencer, Me, Chase, Diana, Andrew and Jordan

We had a pretty good Christmas and an honest to goodness blizzard starting Christmas Eve night through Christmas day. We got about 1-3 feet across the city and wind gusts of up to 45 miles per hour. It was a very white Christmas. I had to work during that time so driving home in it was a little scary. The plows were having a very hard time keeping up with it. I was able to make it home in time to see the boys unwrap their presents, which I wanted to see. Chase and Spencer were up most of the night because they were excited. Jordan and Andrew got some sleep but were up early in the morning. When I got home they were all in Andrew and Chase's room waiting because they couldn't go upstairs until I got home. The boys got some great gifts and Santa was very good to them. Surprisingly, there was no coal to be found anywhere. Diana and I were pretty happy that it went so well. We have had some less than wonderful experiences in the past but this year made up for that I think. The boys were pretty good all year and had to put up with a lot of changes so we felt that they deserved to have a good Christmas. I was just glad that we were all together as a family. That is the most important thing to me. Having some great memories is what I want for the boys. We aways try to emphasize the true meaning of Christmas which sometimes gets lost. To me, the true spirit of Christmas is what the year is all about. Diana, the boys and I hope that all of you had a great Christmas and that your new year brings much joy and hapiness.