Our plans made, we looked forward to the visit and being with them Christmas morning in their home. The day before our early morning flight out of Portland we stayed in an airport hotel so we would be sure to make it in good time without having to get up too early in the morning. We hoped our flight would leave despite a very unusual, for Portland, snow storm and after checking into the hotel we went online to print the boarding passes for our flight. The flight was canceled due to the weather. Some flights were getting out but most were grounded. In our case the plane that we were to fly out on never made it to Portland due to that flight having been canceled so we of course could not leave on a plane that was not there. Talk about disappointed.
Sadly we were not the only ones disappointed about our not being able to make it to Michigan. Our wonderful grand kids were very unhappy about it. Fortunately we were able to book another flight in January to go for a post Christmas visit. As an added benefit we will be there for Mandy's birthday. Bonus!!
Well with our canceled flight we were staying in Oregon without a tree and with no plans for Christmas at all. Happily Becky came to the rescue, inviting us to her home for Christmas Eve, stay overnight and wake up in their home with them and their kids. It was wonderful to be with them and share in their Christmas traditions. This Christmas we had opted to give all the families money instead of buying gifts but since we were staying overnight with the Rohrer family they gave the money back and we went shopping. It was so much fun and we are so appreciative for this wonderful gift of Christmas joy.
