December 31

Finally, this year is over!  Many times this past year I was unsure if it would ever end.  I’m thinking that its gota be all good from here forward.  It is such a blessing to make a clean fresh start right in the middle of the winter!

We had a wonderful Christmas time with my family.  We all got to Ken and Judy’s on the 24th around lunch time.  We visited and ate and ate. Then at 8:00pm we were all off to the Christmas Eve service.  I always like to go to a Candlelight service. Somehow it just makes Christ’s birth  vivid throughout Christmas and all the festivities.  Tom and myself both sorely missed the fabulous service we used to attend at First Presbyterian in Colorado Springs! There is none like it!  Then, back home to eat some more!

Christmas was very special.  Lots of Wii sports activity while we waited for G’pa and Deb to get there.  Bless them, they like drove all the way from Salem in the middle of the night, then turned around and drove home the very next day. At least they go to be there.  Then, the presents.  It was a big old mountain.  Each kid fared really well this year!  Like they don’t every year!  It was great.

Braedon got some Star Wars space ships and little action characters from Tom and me.  He is now so excited about S.W.  Tom took him to the library and rented the movies.  He has been having a really fun time with daddy watching these when daddy gets home from work each day this week.  I pop the popcorn and get the drinks then, I read my book.  I just like that better!

I came home all fired up to get my house in good order so I will be prepared for whatever may come about with my transplant and all in this New Year.  I took each room and top to bottom I have cleaned and straightened in depth.  I know it is hard to believe that I would have anything left to take to the Goodwill, but believe it or not I do!

Well, we will be off to our new friends, the Carpenters  house to welcome in the new year tonight.  Be sure and look up into the sky the moon is fabulous right now.

We maybe going to see David and Regina this weekend sometime. I have several goodie trays to make and some shopping to do so I’d better go for now.

Bethany