We made it....barely! Travels were very smooth and thankfully uneventful. We got in late Friday night and missed the Thursday storm and Sat. storm that cancelled many flights. As we got off the freeway in Arlington, Ryan turned to me and said, "guess the temperature". It was 5 degrees and then dropped to 1. We were both wondering if the car thermometer would go negative, and sure enough, about 3 mintues later it was -1! We arrived at the lake and there was almost 2 feet of snow. Since then, it has snowed at least 2 more feet. It has compacted, but the snow next to the path to the top of the driveway is waist high. I can't ever remember having so much snow for so long. Reggie, Ainsley and Ryan went sledding Sat. morning and that evening we all went out and jumped around in the snow, but then the snow got too high and impossible to walk through. 
We've powered through the hazardous driving conditions to visit Kellen, Cathy & Michael and Jane, Mark, Lilli and Amelia in Kirkland.
While we were there, Ryan made his way over to our house in Kirkland to remove the A/C unit. (There was a piece of plexy glass seperating the 10 degree weather from the inside of the house!!).
We stayed with Liha and Wade for a couple nights in Everett and enjoyed playing in the snow and with Maggie. While we were in town, we visited Santa-he was kinda grumpy, but other than that the kids did great. 
Not able to run outside, so thank goodness for boxing on the WII:
Last night, we spent Christmas Eve with Ryan's family in Sedro-Woolley. It seems like we've been here for a few weeks, instead of only 6 days!
The snow is starting to melt, making driving very slippery and slow. Today we are back at Liha and Wade's for the extended family function. It will be great to see everyone :o). We should get a little rest after today! The kids have been enjoying all of the presents from Santa and family. It's been a Wall-E Christmas to say the least (Not sure how we're going to get all of these things in our luggage). 
I didn't have time to post pictures from Reggie's birthday party at Pump It Up or his school Christmas program before we left, so here they are: 
Playing at home-learning about static:
Singing Jingle Bells at his school program:
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