Sun Shiny Christmas

Well, while much of our nation is suffering from horrible holiday storms, we were favored with one of the nicest days in months for Christmas Eve. I'm thankful, since we had many car-fulls of family traveling to our home for our traditonal holiday brunch.

We were even able to go outside for pictures, and you can see by the light in the pictures that the sun was very clear and bright.

Here's Mom and Daddy on the porch. Daddy just had a week of chemo, which will happen every month. He's strong and in good spirits. He's still eating well, but not gaining much weight. I think that's because he's keeping busy with the yard and dogs. He was able to walk just fine into the arena to see Granddaughter Julie graduate from college on Saturday. He used the walker for safety (crowds, ramps, etc). Here is a picture of all of us on Saturday: (ignore Meaghanne's face, you know there's one in every family, isn't there??)

Having the family together this Christmas season was very important to us, especially since our newest member Kevin (Grandson-in-law) came down on his leave for Julie's graduation and to celebrate Christmas. He's scheduled to go back to Iraq (again!) for another 15 months this coming April. So it's going to be a while before we see him again. Here's the whole gang out on the porch for a picture:

Merry Christmas to our family and friends!