Merry Christmas 2008!
Hello, Everybody, and Merry Christmas to you all!
We thought we would take this opportunity to update our friends and family on this past week's activities. First, Sharon is much better, but she still loses her voice during the day. She continues doing breathing treatments, but she is so much better. Christmas kind of crept up on us really fast this year.
To begin with, if you will remember, Sharon had to take her laundry up to Ellen's for a very long time. Frigidaire finally declared her washing machine "unfixable," The appliance man tried really hard to repair it. (After all, it was less than six months' old.) On Friday, Daw's called to see when they could deliver a new one. They actually delivered it, and Sharon went around the house singing, "Merry Christmas to me."
We took these next couple of pictures of the flowers in our little greenhouse! We are stunned to see just how much they have grown even in the greenhouse.
On Saturday, Ellen decided that it was time to tell Sharon about her Christmas present. Off we went to Alltel to pick out new cell phones! Ellen had already been there to see what the possibilities were. She had two or three in mind, but since Sharon had to renew her plan in order to get the "deal", her present could not wait until Christmas. Below is Ellen showing it off. Sharon tried three different pictures to capture you know who with eyes open, but to no avail.
The FedEx man brought part of Sharon's Christmas present early. Her instructions were to share with Ellen, and she will.
On Christmas Eve, we decided to have a nice lunch out, and chose one of our favorite places--Thyme Matters. It was beautifully decorated, and we had a great time.
Christmas Eve Mass at Queen of Peace is always very crowded with standing room only. The only Mass they have is the Children's Mass at 6:00 p.m. We decided to go to our neighboring parish--St. Luke's. They had Mass at 7:00 p.m. We had a wonderful time. It was not crowded. The choir was good, and we saw many families that we know. One of the little Altar boys is a student at Polk. He looked so angelic. After Mass, a young woman came over with her mother. Sharon immediately recognized her as a former student. She is now a pre-school teacher in Austin. Then before we could get up the aisle, another young woman and her family stopped us to say hello. The picture below is of Sabine who is a medical student. Sabine had a wonderful singing voice when she was in third grade.
This next picture shows Sharon with another former student, Chris. He is married and has two darling children with a third one on the way. It was such a special evening to be remembered by these wonderful young people.
This Nativity Scene was in the vestibule of the Church. 
After church services, we went on a tour of the neighborhood looking at the Christmas Lights. We had a great time, and before you know it, an hour and a half had passed.
3 comments:
and a very merry christmas from Denmark to you both!
I hope you guys had a wonderful holiday!
Merry Christmas. those flowers sure look great in the greenhouse!
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