Snow, rain, heat and gloom of night may not deter a postal carrier, but Highway 17 mudslides and Los Gatos traffic proved to be no match for Pizza My Heart delivery dude Daniel Javier Christjansen.

Laura Quenneville-Brown and her 11-year-old son, Blaze, were on their way home to the Santa Cruz Mountains and got caught in gridlock in Los Gatos after mudslides Wednesday partially closed Highway 17. After three hours barely moving, she and her son were very hungry – and did I mention that Laura’s nine months pregnant, too?

“I never thought in a million years it would take 5½ hours to get home,” said Quenneville-Brown, who works not far away at the Stanford Health Care facility on Samartian Drive in San Jose.

They wondered if they could have a pizza delivered to their car and called the Pizza My Heart on North Santa Cruz Avenue. The crew said the traffic jam made it impossible for a delivery driver to traverse the roads by car — but they had a different mode of transportation with four wheels available.

After making the pizza, Christjansen took off on his skateboard, found them and delivered dinner. Pizza My Heart owner Chuck Hammers said he was thrilled that the Los Gatos team was able to help the family get through a long and frustrating trip home.

In a Facebook post after the pizza rescue, Quenneville-Brown said, “I was literally brought to tears by the generosity and willingness to help those of use that were stuck in Los Gatos.”