Merry White Wishes!!

Merry Christmas from the Cluffs!! My intention was to put this out there ON Christmas, but the illness that overtook my body the afternoon of Christmas Day kept that from happening; nevertheless, the hope from our family to yours is that the time spent with your family and loved ones remembering the birth of our Savior was happy and memorable.

The snow in Flagstaff started falling about the time the sun went down (I don't know if it never really got up on Wednesday) and we woke up on Christmas to a winter wonderland - about 8 inches of snow on the ground and it continued to snow throughout the day. It was a soft, white, beautiful snow, though (it was still COLD!!).

We went to the first showing of "Bedtime Stories" at the theater right down the street from our hotel. We don't typically go to movies on Christmas, although, Carol decided we needed to make this a new tradition. There were quite a few people at the theater when we got there and even more there when we left, but there were only about 30 people in the theater where we were. That was a fun thing to do.

We went from there to IHOP for lunch - one of the few places open. We had to wait for a table because they were packed!! They were only open until 2 and it was after 2 when we left. The employees were definitely ready to finish up and go home.

We went back to our hotel room to relax for the afternoon - took naps, did puzzles, played games. Carol's new addiction is Dutch Blitz so now we just have to make sure we make time for the relaxation part of life in the future.

With the exception of the getting sick part, it was a nice Christmas - great to have some time to relax and have no fixed schedule.