We decided to make the long drive to Lincoln this year for the first time. The huge Christmas midwest snowstorm was going to be right in our path, so we decided to leave at 4am on Christmas Eve to try to miss it. We had about an hour of driving through blizzard conditions the first day, but we made it to Wichita that afternoon and stayed in a hotel. The next morning we headed out and had about 3 hours of sunny weather before it got bad.
I took this picture out of the front window of the car - this wasn't even the worst of it. Many times it was a complete white out and we couldn't see anything at 20 mph. One problem, is you certainly can't stop when you are in the middle of it. We were 50 miles from Lincoln and got to the Interstate and it was closed. So, we spent Christmas night in another motel. Since it was Christmas day, nothing was open so we had all sorts of snacks for dinner. Then the Interstate didn't open until 6pm the next day. We thought we were going to have to stay another night. Miller was a trooper through the whole thing. He just wanted to get to GraMary's and see Bekah.
The kids has so much fun together. Posing in front of the Christmas tree.
Clowning around with daddy.
No fun being the youngest cousin. Hang in there Max, you won't be the youngest for long.
The boys in their matching moose pj's.
Playing in the snow outside Grandpa and GraMary's. It was Miller's first time to really play in snow. He didn't like putting all the clothes on, but he didn't want to come inside either.
He loved playing with the snow shovel.Regardless of the drive up, we had a great time in Lincoln. It's so much fun to spend time with family we don't get to see enough.
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