Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

...especially if some of it falls on the slopes in Colorado since we're headed to Vail in February :)

We got our first real snow of the winter on Sunday night into Monday day. We got probably 2" or so where we live, nothing too bad. Temps have dropped considerably in the last week or two, regularly registering in the 30s and below. That part kind of sucks, but it's getting us ready for Vail, that's for sure!

Happy belated Thanksgiving, by the way. We spent the holiday in Arizona with WC's mom. My mom came with us too so I wanted to keep her entertained while we were there. Usually WC and I end up just doing chores for his mom while we're visiting since she lives by herself and always ends up with a list of miscellaneous upkeep items she needs help with. Unfortunately for WC this time he had to take care of everything himself while I drove my mom all around Arizona to fill up our days.

WC's aunt and uncle (from his dad's side) recently moved to AZ as well, and only 10 minutes away from his mom. She's still friends with that whole side of the family so she's enjoying having some "family" around. Two more of WC's aunts and one of their husbands also flew in from out of town (Philly and Toronto) for the holiday and all nine of us sat down for dinner last Thursday at the aunt and uncle's house. WC, my mom, and I actually flew in Thursday evening so we went straight from the airport to dinner, starved by the time we finally got dropped off by SuperShuttle. Good thing, since they'd cooked up about 10-12 different dishes, mostly Chinese-style. Yum....

While WC and his mom stayed home with the chores, my mom and I went off with the rest of the family to explore Scottsdale and Sedona in the following days. Old Town Scottsdale is basically one tacky tourist shop after another--nothing to write home about. I wish we'd driven around the town instead and done a tour of the nice homes. Sedona, on the other hand, is gorgeous. All those red rocks. WC and I did a Pink Jeep Tour the last time we were there and got to walk around on the formations a bit. This time we strictly did a car tour and stopped at a couple of places to check out the view. It was nice.

After a nice visit, we finally boarded our red eye home on Monday night. Three hours later, we were still on the ground. Stupid mechanical problems. We finally had to de-board and get on another plane, only to miss our connection in Detroit by 2.5 hours. What was supposed to be an 8:15am Tuesday arrival time turned into more like a 3:00pm arrival time--one whole day lost of work. I did drag myself into the office around 5:00pm (in jeans because no way could I handle getting dressed in office wear after 18 hours of travel) . I don't think my partners appreciated me missing another day, but they didn't say much about it. Oh well, will just have to not take too many days off around Christmas. But, seriously, in all my traveling days this was probably the worst return trip ever. Thank goodness WC found direct R/T flights for Vail in February. The Thanksgiving trip exemplified exactly why I hate layovers.