Mosenthin family Christmas 2009

Our Christmas with Kevin's family this year was quite different than normal. Because Kevin's dad was in the hospital waiting for heart bypass surgery due to a heart attack two days before Christmas, we arranged the Christmas activities around that. We took presents and even a delicious turkey dinner to the hospital one evening. It actually was cool because the floor that his dad was on had a very nice lounge area that was not like a normal waiting room area at all. There was a full size Christmas tree in the carpeted lounge along with soft chairs and plenty of space. Of course Kevin just HAD to take a picture when the nurse came in during the middle of the festivities to check his dad's vitals. :) Though it was not exactly a "traditional" Christmas so to speak, Kevin and I both felt that it was enough of a blessing just to still have his dad with us all for Christmas that the change of setting seemed unimportant. All in all, [we thought] it all worked out just fine given the circumstances. While we were in the area, we visited some spots that are special to us. The hospital was just a few blocks away from the motel I and my bridesmaids stayed in the night before my wedding. We stopped by and wandered around for a bit and got a couple pictures out front. We also went to the Desmond, a GORGEOUS motel in Albany, where Kevin and I stayed on our wedding night and then we spent our first two Christmases there. We would spend Christmas eve there and have our own Christmas Christmas morning before going to relatives. The interior is designed beautifully including a fireplace, a gazebo, and a colonial village look in the center. Kaelyn was just a baby the last time we were there so it was fun to go back and walk around. The last picture you'll see is the ski slopes on Whiteface Mountain, the largest mountain in the Adirondacks. Whiteface has the highest vertical drop for a ski slope in the eastern United States. I have never been there before and it is not very far out of the way when driving from Kevin's parents up to my parents. It looked REALLY cold and REALLY high and though we'd like to go to the top someday if we are ever there in the non-winter, I have NO desire to ski down the mountain! We really enjoyed the first "leg" of our trip. The last part of my "Christmas slideshows blogging" is the Montgomery family Christmas and I hope to have that done and posted sometime soon. Ps - You may want to flip manually through the slideshow as there are several pictures per page.

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