The Bucklein Bunch: Snowed in Christmas Eve--

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Snowed in Christmas Eve--

(Christmas Morning aftermath)
My Dad convinced me to come up Christmas Eve (he lives in Fruit Heights which is north of Bountiful) so we could go caroling to the people in my old ward up there. I really wanted to go so I convinced Brian that we wouldn't stay too late since we still had a ton to do to get ready for Christmas. Well, about 1/2 hour after we got up there, it started snowing....BAD! We should have up and left right then and there but we hoped it would get better. Then Diane (my step-mom) suggested we just wait until the snow stops and then go get the stuff and bring it back. She was thinking we'd leave sometime around 3am. Unfortunately, that plan didn't work either. SO, Christmas morning, my kids woke up to NOTHING. Finally around 10am the roads were clear enough to try going home. It was still kinda scary in some places but me made it home. Now Brian had to keep the boys in the car while I ran upstairs to see if Santa had come yet. I had to run around like crazy and just shove everything under the tree. I had only hung 2 of the 4 stockings and couldn't find the other 2 because Marshall had been playing with them. I filled the stockings and just had everyone share. Marshall was happier with less wrapping paper. As it was, we had to make him open up his gifts. We even opened them for him. Christmas was really different this year. I will NEVER go ANYWHERE on Christmas Eve ever again!!

5 comments:

Mom of 3 boys said...: I am glad you made it home safely, we drove back from Ohio on Christmas eve..thankfully it did not snow..the only thing we had to deal with is high winds...that was bad enough..I hope you had a good Christmas....; December 29, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Matilda said...: YIKES!! I feel your pain!

I'm glad it all worked out! ...ish

And your aftermath, looks vaguely familiar! ;)

*sigh*

The joys of christmas...

oh my email is on my blog at the top on the left. :); December 29, 2007 at 2:28 PM
LJ said...: Well THAT is a Christmas you'll never forget, huh? What a story! The weather was terrible Christmas Eve and I was worried my family and hubby wouldn't make it home safely. But I'm sure your boys will forget about the drama of it soon and appreciate the toys and love they received- even if it wasn't right at the crack of dawn. :)

PS: Thanks for all your comments on my blog. I love hearing your point of view!; December 30, 2007 at 2:14 PM
Practically Perfect In Every Way said...: oh my gosh, i'll bet you were STRESSED! someday you can look back and laugh.... but that won't be till you are retelling the story to Marshall's kids!

Glad you made it home safely!; December 30, 2007 at 10:17 PM
big8smiley said...: Wow, that had to be so frustrating! I think I would have been freaking out. You covered really well, it sounds like - and at least now you have the memory. :); January 3, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Kids Say The Darndest Things...

For FHE tonight, we were looking at pictures of some of the things President Monson does. There was a picture of President Monson and some children at a temple dedication. Marshall asked if President Monson was DECORATING the temple. HAHAHA! He seriously makes me laugh so much.
Today while we were driving to Idaho Falls, we saw some black rainclouds, and some white ones too. We told Marshall that the black clouds have rain in them. A few minutes later, Grandma, who was in the car with us, was saying something about styrofoam. Marshall said, "Oh! I know! The black clouds are made of rain, and the white clouds are made of styrofoam. That's why you can walk right through them!
There was an Asian Lady Beetle on our kitchen windowsill today, and Marshall was really upset about it! He yelled, "OH NO! There's an OTTINGER BUG IN OUR HOUSE!!"
Marshall:"I can still write the Bucklein kind in German." (I have no idea why he said that. This is part of the fun of having a child with Autism.)
Marshall: "My other favorite word is forest." Ok..that one came out of nowhere.
Brian was trying to teach Marshall about the sounds vowels make. This time he was talking to him about why our last name sounds the way it does. We have always taught him that when 2 vowels go walking, the first one does the talking. Well, Brian told him that in German (our last name is German), when 2 vowels go walking, the 2nd one does the talking. Marshall asked, "They can't say their L's?"
Marshall: "Dad, what's your favorite word? Love? Mom? Wanna know probably the biggest word I know? Probably the 'docious word'. (Translation: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious)
What is the biggest word you know? Marshall: "Fight".
Marshall: "The thing I hate most terribly in my life is singing."
Marshall (with his arms wrapped around my neck): "Mom, I care for you." Ohhh...how sweet.
Marshall: "Dad, you are handsome.:
When we were hiking Squaw Peak, Marshall said, "HI DUDE!" to everyone he saw. Then, he decided to say, "See ya later Alligator." He thought that was funny, but then he saw a woman, so instead of saying, "See ya later Alligator", he decided to say, "See ya later Alli-Woman!"
We asked Marshall if he learned about Jesus on Easter Sunday. Nate asked if they showed him a picture of Jesus on the cross, the thing that has two boards going together like this (he made the shape of a cross). Marshall said, "It was a T that smushes him together. They (the bad guys) took his (Jesus') shoes and socks off so it would hurt more. So he was bare feet and they put nails in his feet. Isn't that ouch?" I asked what happened after that and he said, "Jesus said I"ll be alive in 3 days and he woke up and came alive and now he can never die!"
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Marshall told me he has a lotter pirates than Nathan. A lotter? That means more than a lot.
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Nathan went into the bathroom to get ready for bed. Marshall knocked on the door and said, "Nathan, if you need help, I'll be right here."
Tonight when we were doing sparklers, Marshall asked if he could do another sprinkler.
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While we were in the car taking Brian to school, Marshall and I had the following conversation: Marshall- "I don't have any points." ME- "When will you get points?" Marshall: "In 20 years when I am nine. When I am nine I will have numbers. Then we will have to go to the gag shop to get more numbers."
We had a Family Home Evening Lesson on The Plan of Salvation. Things were going well as we showed Marshall the cut outs we had for each of the 3 Kingdoms which we will end up in after the Judgement Day. He looked it over and pointed to the Telestial World and said "I will go there." "NO," I exclaimed. That is the bad one. He said "I will go to the bad one." Then it hit me. He was picking this one because it was a star. "Are you saying that because it's a star shape and Twinkle Little Star is your favorite song," I asked? "Yup. I want to go to the star one." For the closing song he wanted to sing Twinkle Little Star that is Bad.
We were talking about thieves and how they can go to jail if they get caught. Nathan said "I won't thief." I wondered what he was talking about so I asked him. He said "Thieving is wrong, Mom." OHHHH...you meant STEALING!!
Marshall woke up with a really stuffy nose and said "My nose can't breathe."
Marshall went with me to Wal-Mart today so Brian could work on his research. I bribed my little one by telling him if he went with me, I would buy him a toy. He wanted a Thomas train so badly but I convinced him to settle with a Mickey Mouse figure that comes with a scooter. He got very frustrated with the toy because he couldn't put Mickey on the "screwdriver". It took me a while to figure out that he meant scooter. Haha...so cute.
Today Marshall went to the doctor for his 3 yr old checkup. When the nurse asked "How are you Marshall?" he said "I have to get 2 shots." As we were leaving, he saw the same nurse again and said with a grumpy look on his face "I do NOT like shots!" She laughed so hard.
Marshall: "I'm a warewolf AWOOO!!"
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Marshall and I were playing Cranium Cariboo when he suddenly stopped and said "Can I please have a slice of water." At least he was polite! :)