This morning we woke up to this....snowing and the wind blowing like crazy!! I couldn't believe it was snowing on Christmas Eve! The plan was to go to my Mom and Dad's house in Hico for Christmas. One of my sisters wasn't going to be there and the other two decided that they couldn't come because of the weather but we headed to Hico.....
It snowed hard off and on and the roads were ok...
The snow was really beautiful ...
When we got to Mom and Dad's it was coming down hard.... Brad and Ashley and the boys arrived shortly after we did and we had lunch and gifts.
Drew was so sweet....hugging Memaw and Paw paw for the gifts...
Thank you Mom and Daddy for a good lunch and a quick little Christmas visit. But it didn't seem like Christmas without everyone there....
We wanted to leave early so that maybe the roads wouldn't be too bad. We left their house about 5:15. Shortly we realized that the roads were icy and slick. By 6:00, only a few miles out of Hico, Brad and Ashley slid off the road, in between oncoming traffic, missed 2 road signs and landed in a barbed wire fence. They were ok but very scared. Mike decided to put Brad, Ashley, Drew, Miles and I into his 4 wheel drive truck and he was going to drive their Yukon. We went very, very slow, 15 -20 mph. Miles was crying, Brad was tense, and I was a nervous wreck. We made it about halfway to their house and then the road was completely closed due to 3 jack-knifed and stalled 18 wheelers. We sat in one spot, without moving an inch, for 3 1/2 HOURS!! It was awful!! Traffic was backed up for miles!! Finally the tow truck came and moved the trucks and we headed for Granbury. We arrived at Brad and Ashley's house about 11:30 p.m. It took more than 6 1/2 hours to go 45 miles!! I wanted to kiss the ground and I thanked God for getting us there safely!! Needless to say....we spent the night in Granbury......
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