Christmas was fairly quiet this year, mostly just me and Clinton. We did not get CC until noon, so afternoon on Christmas was good. I cooked a ham and some other things and we took them over to Clinton's brother Larry's house and spent the afternoon with Larry and Debbie, CC, Debbie's children, parents and grandchildren. We ate, played games and passed around/played dirty Santa gifts. The snow globe that I finally ended up with went around quite a bit. Clinton got a handmade belt-buckle that Debbie's dad made and CC got a new tie. The day was good--I was able to talk with my mom and dad and all of my children--even my daughter Jennifer called and wished me a Merry Christmas. Even my friend Steve from Oklahoma called to wish us a Merry Christmas. What more could we have wanted.
Since Clinton damaged his left hand and broke his index finger on December 18, 2008 at work we were unable physically to take everything out of the basement and go through it as we had planned. We did get the back bedroom cleaned out though and took a truck load to Salvation Army and a truck load to the ebay store. We did get our new TV set up and the speakers set up--but the receiver did not come in until Jan 2--the day after all our company left--oops...
Saturday afternoon we had the opportunity to drive to Salina to have lunch with Laura, Jeremy, Kirsten and the Allemans on their way to Denver, CO for their family reunion. It is great that Laura has such great in-laws that we get along with so well. We really enjoyed our visit with them.
CC left on Sunday morning 12-28-2008 to go on his last High School band trip to Florida. They played in two parades; the Citrus Bowl Parade on 12/30 and Universal's Macy Parade on 12/31. They went to Disneyworld and Sea World and from what I have heard--had a great time.
Laura, Jeremy, Kirsten, Anne, Sarah, and Kaley arrived on Monday evening, December 29th, 2008. After getting settled in and to bed--everyone slept well. On Tuesday we all went to the Topeka Zoo--it was a beautiful day and a perfect day for the zoo--not too cold and definitely not too hot. We then topped it off with a late lunch at Boss Hawg's for some good Kansas barbecue.
Wednesday - New Year's Eve the girls and I went to the Beauty school for manicures and had some girl fun. We had our black-eyed peas and ham, mashed potatoes, chicken, and so forth for a wonderful dinner, then we (the adults) watched 'The Black Night' and the kids watched a kid movie in my bedroom. At midnight we all watched the 'Ball' drop in New York City on TV and had sparkling apple juice and some snacks, then went to bed.
After a good breakfast of oatmeal and raisins everyone packed up and went on their way to their homes. They made it home safely--thank Goodness.
God has really Blessed us with a wonderful family and with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What more could anyone ever ask for.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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