Christmas Plans Deferred and a White Christmas

We had invited Jeff's parents over for lunch on Christmas Eve. They live an hour away and no longer drive, so it's been easier for us to visit them than to bring them to visit us. But we figured Christmas Eve would work; we planned to head up to Melissa's anyway later that day. Jeff's mother had hired a driver to bring them down to save Jeff a few hours driving.

I  should have known things were going too well.

At 6 AM on Christmas Eve, Jeff's father stubbed his toe so badly that he broke it. Because he has been taking a prescription blood-thinner, it was difficult to stop the bleeding. They had to cancel their visit to us. They weren't sure they would make it to Christmas Eve dinner, but luckily they did. Our dinner of two salads, beef tenderloin, scalloped potatoes, green bean casserole and sweet potatoes was delicious.

I woke up on Christmas morning to this:

Unfortunately, I didn't get a good photo of Spike, but these are nice.