Christmas 2022

Katie, Todd and the kids arrived in town on Thursday morning just ahead of the snowstorm which the media has been calling the Bomb Cyclone Blizzard of Christmas 2022. We had hoped to have finally gotten back to a normal Christmas this year but it didn't happen. 

Sean, Ashley and Andrew stayed at home this year and we missed them but it was a good decision seeing how the weather has turned out in the region. Last year we went to their house last year for the holidays since Katie was staying home being in the very late stages of her pregnancy. That was a very good decision in hindsight seeing that Violet came several weeks early. The year before was the beginning of the pandemic and we had Christmas home alone.

And now we have the Christmas Blizzard of 2022. On Friday the storm came roaring into Buffalo with lots of snow and wind. We were worried about branches coming down in the backyard knocking out our electric power but so far so good.  

We've been having some wonderful family time with the kids here a couple of days early. Becky has been making some nice family dinners and she made plenty of braciole as she always does for

Christmas. Unfortunately our traditional Christmas Eve braciole dinner was cut back this year because of the storm. Even though Dave, Donna and Mary only live a couple of blocks away the storm and blowing snow made it not possible for them to come over for dinner. The same for Val and Bobby although Becky had to convince Val not to attempt the trip from her place. 

So we had a small but very nice family dinner on Christmas Eve. Todd was

concerned with seeing his family on Christmas Day and they had planed to have Christmas dinner at his Aunt and Uncle's home in Elmwood Village but they had to postpone it because of the storm. Now it's scheduled for Monday but there is a driving ban in the city of Buffalo that looks like it will go into the upcoming week. We'll see how it goes. 

We also had their dog Stella in the house during the storm. Fortunately the snow drifted away from the side of the house

and the side door. The snow went to the front and buried the cars. There was a path to the backyard  and the snow actually drifted away from the back shed so there was a nice path to take the dog to do her business.

Henry wrote a nice not for Santa Claus and left it on the dining room table along with a snack including a carrot for the reindeer.

I'm also feeling much better now.

Lots of Christmas cookies for desert too.