How we spent Christmas Eve-Eve

Basically, we spent 8.5 hours on I-77.... to end up back where we started.

We set out to drive up to Ohio, got as far as Beckley, WV, and then decided to turn around and come home.  For about 5 of the driving hours, it looked like this:

So, finally we gave up.  We knew another big storm was heading this way for the weekend, and realized we didn't want to drive all the way up AND all the back in a ton of snow... so our Ohio Christmas was cancelled.  (The other 17 members of that family carried on quite nicely without us, though... which we were able to see through the wonders of Skype!)

Meanwhile. with very sore butts, we arrived back in N.C. that night and were able to go straight to a very cheery Wray family gathering, where everyone acted happy to see us.  (It's amazing to me when a hostess says, "Great -- your family of 6 is coming for dinner at the last minute!  Come on over!"   Sis-in-law Amy-K is that amazing hostess.)  We were blessed with a delicious lasagne dinner and white elephant gift swap -- the perfect antidotes to a long travel day.

So our Christmas became "Plan B" -- as if there is such a thing.  (Our Plan B's are always God's Plan A's, right?)