Since we didn't get to spend this Christmas season with any of OUR grandkids, we enjoyed being able to be with my brother Ray's family for their festivities.

Do you think Calan liked his gift?!!!!

And then there was David....intently checking out his new ViewMaster....to the exclusion of everyone else!

And I was really struck by the mother/daughter likenesses.....my niece Lynn, with her 14 year-old daughter, Laura......


...followed by Kristi, and daughter Dani. Like mother, like daughter never rang truer!

But not to be forgotten.....wide-eyed Lela, the youngest of the group....a real cutie even tho' she wasn't feeling well!

Well, that was Christmas Eve....Christmas Day was spent with Jon. Sorry, no pictures! We were too busy munching away, playing cards, watching TV....and having a brief guitar lesson (for Sandy),,,,to take time out to do something as mundane as take pictures. Actually, the camera never left my purse....! Ouch! Oh, well....maybe next year.

May your Christmas be blessed with the gift of love and salvation brought to us by the Christ child who was born so long ago.

Merry Christmas!

This past Saturday, along with quite a number of others, we made the trek from Nashville to Grand Rivers, KY to have dinner at Miss Patti's 1800's Settlement.

`Each of the rooms was decorated in a different theme....we were seated in the Elf Room! These cute guys were all around the room! And then there was the food.....oh, my word! I didn't order it, but sure couldn't resist taking pictures of this "gi-normous" piece of coconut creme pie!

IT'S "FIELD TRIP'" TIME! Tuesday, I was blessed (along with my Mom) to take part in the outing from the nursing home to Opryland Hotel to see the holiday sights.
It was quite an undertaking to get everyone ready and transported, not to mention getting lunch (buffet style) for seven wheelchair bound residents and then pushing their wheelchairs around the hotel complex for several hours. But it was well worth the effort! I'm just not sure who enjoyed it more.....the residents or all those with them!

Our group - minus one resident!


Sorry - couldn't resist a shot of the anthuriums. I've missed these since leaving Hawaii over 25 years ago!!!!