A Sledding We Will Go!

What a weekend it's been! We headed for Waterloo on Thursday night after work and arrived at Donna's house about 11:15pm. Friday morning the kids and I headed to Cedar Rapids to pick up my brother, Brian, and his wife, Jen, from the airport. Their plane was scheduled to arrive at 2:44pm so we left kind of early (at least by Hansen standards!) so we could do some Christmas shopping. About noon Brian called me to let me know that their flight from Cincinnatti was canceled due to the fog and they'd be able to get on a plane the next morning. Disappointed, the kids and I finished our shopping and headed back to the 'Loo.

Saturday morning we waited to hear from Brian to see when (for sure!) their plane would be arriving. Plans changed entirely and they were now going to fly into Des Moines. Once again the kids and I - and dad this time - loaded in the van and headed toward Des Moines. About 15 minutes before arriving in Des Moines Brian calls to let us know that once they were up in the air, they received clearance to fly into Cedar Rapids after all, so there they were. We flipped a U Turn (literally) on the highway and headed toward Cedar Rapids. FINALLY about 1:15 we were able connect! Unfortunately, their luggage was MIA.

We got back to Dad's house about 3:30 and had a very nice dinner followed by the kids enjoying sledding and snow boarding and four wheeling in the snow!

Me with my dad and brother. It's been quite a few years since we've all been togehter on Christmas so this was a really nice visit!