Going to see White Christmas

This was quite the adventure! I found out that "White Christmas" was coming live to a theatre nearby and so I asked (begged) Braden to please take me for our anniversary. We had also just given Maddie a birthday present of taking her to see An Irish Christmas at a different theater, but we hadn't bought tickets yet. It turns out they were the same weekend, so instead we decided to bring Maddie with us to "White Christmas." She was excited; we all were excited!

(Check out my awesome "white eye!")

Then the threats of snow began. I wasn't too concerned until it was the day before and we were getting weather reports looking pretty bad. We decided to just decide last minute on the day of, Sunday. Well during the day Saturday Maddie threw up. Oh man. I was so disappointed! She's sick, snow's coming, this was the last weekend of the show. Maddie really wanted to go too.

Sunday morning came, Maddie was feeling better. We stayed home from church to rest and make sure she was okay. Snow was still coming...and it began. And we pretty much decided we weren't going. So disappointing!!!

Coincidentally, my dad had to go pick up Uncle Pat from the airport and so I called him to see how the roads were (we had to go the same route) and he surprisingly said they weren't bad at all. So, last minute we decided, no, we're going for it!

We dropped the other 3 kids off at Braden's parents' house with extra clothes in case they got snowed in. We threw stuff in a bag, in case we got stuck and had to stay in a hotel. Maddie was pale, still not feeling well and having not eaten all day, but she wanted to go so badly. I helped her get dressed, threw on some nice clothes and away we went.

The roads were pretty sketchy getting to the highway, but once on the highway everything was fine.

We made it to the theater, we watched the show. It was a really fun show to see live. Great singing, great dancing, and some really classic numbers! Not a fan of how they switched up the storyline a bit, but it was still a lot of fun and done quite well.

The temperature went up a bit, so getting home was much easier than we thought it would be. We retrieved our kids and went home late that night. More snow came...and so did more throw-up. Poor Maddie threw up several times over the next day and was sick for two more days, poor thing. We all got the virus to some degree, it was very mild (just some nausea) for most of us. Braden was the only other one who was pretty sick.

(After a teeny little "episode" this is where Maisie spent two days. The first day she laid on the couch ALL DAY. When this wiggly girlie lays still, she is most definitely sick.)

But despite all the obstacles, SOMEHOW we made it to that show and had a great time! So glad it worked out in the end.