The Fight Concluded

 

 

 

 

The Fight Continued

 

 

 

 

The Fight

 

 

 

 

After Christmas dinner, we all needed to work off some calories. Joelle initiated a good old fashioned pillow fight. First it was just her and Steve but eventually it spread to Doreen and Natalie. You can see the sequence and they finally ended up on the floor!!

Christmas at Church

 

 

 

 

On December 20, the church put on a Christmas program in which we were asked to participate. Sandra and Doreen sang in a choir which Doreen helped to organize and they had me direct. The whole program was little vinettes staged with live people portraying encounters of several different people during the time when Christ was born. There was the encounter of Mary with the Angel, Joseph's encounter with the Angel, the Shepherds' ecounter with the Host of Angels etc. . . Here you can see some of the shepherds(Joelle and Natalie)with their sheep. At the end, Doreen and I sang with our friend, Randy. The song was "The Gift" which was sung on a CD by Randy Travis. It was the last song on the program. We had a good time helping with the play and thought all of the people acting out parts did a very good job.

Christmas Parade

 

 

 

 

Joelle and Natalie were in a Christmas Parade. They even got to ride in a float. Here are some pictures of the parade and the participants.

Christmas Eve

 

 

 

 

We had a very nice Christmas Eve with family. Grandpa reads a story to the grand daughters, Joelle opens a great gift then trys to play a tune, and wow, what a gift - a collection of State Quarters from Grammy and Poppie, then a display of money. . .money. . . money! And Great Grandma watches it all, remembering when one gift on Christmas was all that her folks could afford. We and our grandchildren are truely blessed, even if times are hard right now.