We lost power in the afternoon and the power stayed off for close to five hours. I had a ham in the oven and rolls rising. The oven turned off, even though it's gas (probably an electric ignition?). I suppose we could have manually turned on the gas in the oven w/a match, but didn't want to try, so ended up cooking some canned soup on the stove top. I have to say that having the power off was the best part of the day, at least for me. It brought the family, for the most part, together. The boys and I played Uno for a couple hours by candlelight. It was fun and everyone was laughing. Guess who does not do well during a power outage? Rafael. He doesn't like to play games, so didn't join us. He doesn't like to read, which is what I later did. He gets really antsy when he can't watch TV, which is what he does all day, so he definitely would not do well in a cabin. 
We got snow for Christmas, lots of snow, the kind of snow that keeps you from going anywhere. It's a good thing it was Christmas and we were planning on staying in. Here's a shot of Jared building a bit of a snow fort from the pile of snow shoveled off the driveway, and that's Victor in the red coat throwing a snowball at me.
All in all, it was a truly memorable, white Christmas. I loved it!!
All in all, it was a truly memorable, white Christmas. I loved it!!
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Wow! You guys got it! Double whammy, snow and no electricity. Did you have wood for the fireplace? We were cold all day, had a blanket on most of the day. Our day was fun, quite, but fun. We missed our Snowy Gonzalez family! We had our traditional Christmas breakfast with Grandpa. Ariel and Diana came later in the morning for breakfast leftovers. Missionaries came to use the phone to call home. Then we went to Tia Maria's for the late afternoon and evening. It has been cold and windy not reaching over 50 during the day. I know we have nothing on you guys, but hey, what can I say, I know no different! Love you guys and missssssssseeeedd you dearyly!!!!!!!!
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