The last few days have been filled with many hours of family togetherness.
Christmas Eve day, as is our tradition, we had a special time of giving gifts to each other. We like to set aside Christmas afternoon to visit the nursing home, and the rest of the day fills in :-).
Jesse's guinea pig died Wednesday afternoon. Mitch had been his little friend for quite a few years. Mary surprised Jesse that evening with a new little guy!Decorations for the girls' room.For those of you are grandparents, you probably had a discussion as to what you wanted the new little one to call you. A little over a year ago, we tossed around some names, and most of us had opinions, because we were picturing our children eventually calling Dad and Mom by their "grandparent" names. Well, it came down to not being very original: Mom was going to be Grandma, and Dad was going to be Grandpa. Well, Abby decided differently. Lately, she's been calling Dad "Pa," and Mom "MeMaw," which we think is cute, so I guess it'll stay!Waiting for Anna to get her new Leatherman to open my box ... (Guess who gave it to her? You don't have to guess very long, if you've paid attention to posts and to whom she helps a lot.)Abby received a toy fiddle, which even plays songs. Anna demonstrated how a fiddle is to be played, and Abby watched intently. You could almost "see" her thinking.A new family from Fort Leavenworth joined us at the nursing home on Christmas Day. They have four children, and our dear friends loved hearing them sing.As I mentioned earlier, we had snow on Christmas morning. The roads were a bit interesting when we went out, and although the splendid combination of Dad's expertise in snow driving and the new tires on the Civic helped, it didn't negate the fact that the Civic isn't a snow plow. When we came to the last turn (which is generally cleared nicely) before the nursing home, we found out too late that it hadn't been plowed properly, so the Civic became temporarily stuck in the deep snow. Our car only had the girls, Dad and Mom, so we girls and Dad piled out (which made me very grateful I had decided against wearing nicer shoes), and with Dad instructing Mom, after several tries and us pushing, the Civic made it up the small incline. I had my camera with me, but sorry for not having a picture--I was needed to push ...Christmas evening. Mark, our cousin, is in the middle between Jesse and Grandma.Uncle Rob and Aunt Tami gave us cards with money, and just like last year, each card contained a letter, which was part of two words for us to figure out. We finally decided it said "Road Treat." Yummm.... We'll be sure to enjoy it sometime on the next trip.
“For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations†(Psalms 100:5).
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HeHe! 😀 I so enjoyed reading about your family time together! 🙂 You have such a wonderful family! 😀 It’s so nice to see a godly family working together and truly showing real honest love towards one another! 😀
Abby is sooo precious! 😀 That fiddle is soo cute! 😀 I guess she’ll be joining you all in future at the nursing home to sing and play? 😉
Blessings and Merry Christ-mas to you all! ~Miss Rachel~
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HeHe! 😀 I so enjoyed reading about your family time together! 🙂 You have such a wonderful family! 😀 It’s so nice to see a godly family working together and truly showing real honest love towards one another! 😀
Abby is sooo precious! 😀 That fiddle is soo cute! 😀 I guess she’ll be joining you all in future at the nursing home to sing and play? 😉
Blessings and Merry Christ-mas to you all!
~Miss Rachel~