We have arrived safely and without incident to Cape Vincent, New York!

My parents were generous enough to drive us to Syracuse, New York on Friday to meet up with Dave's parents. Dave's older brother Bob and girlfriend, Patty ended up beating us there as their flights from Florida were actually on time. We enjoyed getting to know Patty a little better on the drive to Cape Vincent and a traditional stop at The Grist Mill. She was very excited to see the snow and after an hour of stuffing ourselves it really started to come down. We worried about being snowed in but then realized Mr. Edsall is quite the professional at driving in extremely bad weather.

Dave's oldest sister, Lee, had already arrived from sunny San Diego last week (that's in California where the sun shines during winter) and was more than happy to greet us over the top of her computer. She's quite the workhorse, that one.

It's beautiful here as always. The wood stove is inviting and we have taken every opportunity to sit around chatting and snacking in between meals, admiring the Christmas tree and opening bottle after bottle of delicious red wine.

We saw our first and last ship of the season today on an extremely warm walk towards the Tibbets Point Light House. I expected mounds of snow, a very low wind chill and ice as far as the eye can see. However, this has not been the case...yet. Instead, we are enjoying the oddly warm weather with an afternoon and hopefully an evening walk "downtown" a little later.

This afternoon we celebrated Christmas again with the growing Edsall clan at Camp David. We have leisurely opened our presents stopping for much needed breathers and stories. What a wonderful Christmas this has been! But wait, the end is not in sight. Tomorrow will see the arrival of the oldest Edsall brother, Jim, and his beautiful family. He will bring with him his wife, Becky and their three adorable children Nate, Abby and the newest addition Andy. We are so excited to meet him for the first time!

We have just finished a huge feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, biscuits, corn, peas, broccoli and cheese with gravy slathered over it all. I really do need that walk!

As always I wish you well and hope you have all survived another Christmas.
With love,
Emily