Christmas was in Atlanta at my Mom's....Denny and I flew in on Saturday before Christmas. As soon as we got off the plane we went to the Delta Holiday Military Lounge....Delta has had this lounge open for 40+ yrs. I got very involved about 4yrs ago and it's become something my family helps with now. They count on baked goods from the folks and volunteers to help staff and get the word out.
This is inside of the lounge. It's a converted conf room across from Gate B33. There's food, TV, free wi-fi, kid stuff and a great place for the men and women and their families to relax. We took a sign advertising the lounge and a basket of goodies and walked the other concourses letting folks know to come visit. It was a great way to give back a little.
After this we zoomed to Mom's...changed clothes and went to dinner with good friends Kathy and Karen. We went to The Hil in Serenbe and then to a musical review "Naughty or Nice" that was down at The Farmhouse, also in Serenbe. It was a very nice evening.
I took 2 weeks off work so it was a great to not have to get up and work.....woohoo!!!!
Was good to attend Southwest Christian Church...our home church when in ATL. Always nice to see the folks there. It was a bad weather day and a nice day to stay home. Niece and nephew Ashley and Chad came down for the annual cookie making with Grandma, so Denny and I helped around the edges, but tried to stay out of the kitchen elves way.
On Monday I got the call I'd been waiting on that there was a family in the church that needed some Christmas help....2 girls and a Mom...so I started shopping. Then we go 2 teenage boys added to the list, so we were busy. Was 2 days till Christmas and we had to buy and wrap and have it ready by Christmas Eve...with lots of help we got it done and delivered ....was so nice to know that maybe we made a difference for these families.
While out shopping I saw these bumper stickers....cracked me up!!
Not sure why my pics are so blurry, these say....
"Sarcasm...the bodies natural defense against stupid"
and
"A clean house is a sign of a wasted life"
Gave me a chuckle for the day!!!
Our family Christmas day was great....all of us were al Mom's...that means 20 of us...and 4 of those are 4 little boys where the oldest is 3!!!! Can u say BUSY!!! But FUN!!! We had a blast.
Dylan got to spend the night and the next morning we had some fun before having to give him back to his Mommy.
Great-Grandma..Muma got to read a little...Dylan loves books
After taking Dylan to his Mommy we had some chill time at Mother's. The next day Mom and I agreed to keep all 4 little boys so the big kids could shop and do big kid stuff. Mom had fun at lunch time with the twins Witt and Jase....such sweet little boys.
We were whopped, but we had fun. The next day on Saturday it was time to head back to FL....we came back to sun and warm....it was nice to see palm trees!!!
Went to a new place for dinner with neighbor Bob .....Monk's....great seafood, raw oysters...YUM. Had a great time...thanks Bob!!
New Years was quiet...just the way we like it. We always stay home for New Year's...Denny says ew Year's Eve is "amateur" night...so we like to stay home where it's safe. We'd gotten some great lobster tails at Costco...added a steak to split and some asparagus and we were set. We played Monopoly that day and had a nice day evening. We brought in 2014 on the couch....it was great.
New Year's Day was quiet ...pork and sauerkraut in the crock pot and football.....and I was busy learning a new PC that has Windows 8.1 on it....WOW it's different, but I'm getting there.
So long 2013....I'm looking forward to 2014!!!!!
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