Smiling hippo car

Smiling hippo car
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So, we've been snowed in. I'm so thankful that my husband loves to drive in the snow and has confidence and all that.
It hasn't slowed us down that much.
I've been working, since I have my laptop and can get in remotely to the company. I'm not sure this is always a good thing, since there is no reason to stop me from working...and no excuse to not be working. So, I'm still working....

We had a get together on Friday night. Since I was working, I opened the page to Classic Pot Roast in the Joy of cooking and handed it over to Philip. That's all I had to do, since I had all the ingredients needed. It turned out very good, all I had to do at the end of the day was add the potatoes, plate it up, and thicken the sauce. We made a pretty good team. We had a good meal with good friends, who went home early, cause we're all getting old and also because there was a break in the weather and they needed to get back.

We had a chance to venture over to Target for some last minute shopping, put when Jonny and I came back out to the car, the whole garage was backed up and no cars were going anywhere, also the snow started falling again outside. We waited in the car for awhile, but finally I told Philip, we might as well get out of the car and grab some lunch and do some more shopping, because the cars were going nowhere fast.
It was a very good choice. Philip got some new snow boots, we finished off our shopping completely and we ate a good lunch.
When we got back to the car, the garage traffic was moving again and the security guards were directing traffic.
When we entered the exiting line of cars, this lady in a Lexus laid on her horn, flicked us all off, and mouthed to us that she had been waiting in the back for 2 hours! I just did a thumbs up and smiled at her and said, "You just flicked off my kids in the back seat, Merry Christmas to you too!"
On the way out of the garage Philip was polite and DWJWD and let a couple cars in front of us so they could get out and along their way...

It snowed all night and all the next day. We made it to church and had our Simbang "Gabi" at the morning mass. There were fewer parishoners at church, but all seemed to make it over for the brunch we served. It was very nice. Philip and Jonny played outside in the school playground for hours in the snow. I had to beg them to leave. Jonny was wet from swimming in the snow. Even wet all the way down to his underwear and socks...
On the way home, we picked up a snowy tree from the boyscout troop @ the safeway parking lot. I got ended up getting the first one i saw.
We had a nice leisurely evening of setting up the tree, letting it defrost, decorating, and playing with the electric toy train.

Yesterday, Philip drove us out to my office, so that I could pack my desk up for our office move that is occurring over the break. I didn't know I had sooo much crap in my desk! It took quite awhile(5 boxes!), but the boys and Philip took a nap out in the car, Built a snowman, played in the snow, did donuts in the parking lot, went to eat dinner and then I was done. Philip said that it wasn't such a bad wait since they had the snow to play in and napping to do.
We even made it out to Bellevue Square on the way home. I go to Bellevue Square only once a year, only because we've had such good luck for 4 years with the Nordstrom Santa Claus. Usually, you can put your name down and give them your cell phone number, then go get something to eat or do shopping and they'll call you when your turn is up. I called ahead last night, but she said that there was only a 5 or 10 minute wait. We got there, when there were 4 families in front of us. Jacob was excited to see Santa this year, when last year he was terrified. Jon on the other hand has never been scared of that Santa guy at all. We were in and out of there. So fast that Jacob was reluctant to leave. He wanted to hang out with Santa for a little longer.
We went straight out the door into our car and went on home.
Still good luck!
The only sad thing, is that they didn't get a combined picture with Aly this year. Maybe we can all go back after Christmas, or take real portraits....

Anyways...One more day of work from home and then no more work (kinda) until next year!

Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus!
(& Sofia & Humza)

Feliz An~o Nuevo!