Parkrose Community United Church of Christ

Katherine and Frances

Hazel

I'd been hoping against hope all week that it wouldn't snow today.  We had our all-church Christmas Pageant scheduled for this morning.  When I first woke-up it looked like we'd have a green light.  But it became clear as I drove up Sandy Blvd towards the church there were going to be problems.  Cars were sliding all over the place and soon my iPhone started ringing with messages from parishioners stuck at home or on one of the freeways.  Only about 25 people showed up for worship and most of the pageant participants were among the missing.  We made the best of it and sang Christmas carols before I offered a short Communion service.  Then it was back into the car where at one point I flew through a stop sign before landing safely at home with the twins.  We made another short trip out to a birthday party the girls were set on attending (Liz put chains on the car before we left) and then I took Hazel to the park.  Now we're just going to settle in for the big freeze.