DECEMBER --
You may or may not know that I'm a tap dancer! Our tap class of adults jumped in on the Christmas performance the dance studio did in a small town nearby -- Canyon. They had a "Christmas on the Square" and the studio was invited so we thought, gee, why not? It was great fun and actually us "older" dancers were quite the hit! Ha! Here we are....
After this little performance the first weekend in December, I was ready to get the season started... this, along with a visit to Neil and family the next week.
Raegan had a play she was in that ran the weekend of Dec. 7th so we decided to fly up and watch a performance. Her mom, older siblings and church youth went on a Friday night so Neil, Rod and the boys went to dinner while I braved the 20 degree temps with the littlest girls to see the lights at the Zoo! As we drove up and saw the place all lit up they squealed with delight and we managed to bundle up and keep moving enough to stay warm.
They loved it and I can see it becoming a tradition for them! On Saturday, Olivia and I went shopping for her birthday and it was a sweet morning with just her and I together. We also had some fun trying on hats together!
That evening, Rod and I attended Raegan's play. Though she just had a few lines, she has loved being on stage and has the bug I think...
I spent our first day there cooped up in the bedroom wrapping all the presents I had shipped to their place (to save on postage) but they were really pumped to get some presents under that tree! Our time, as usual, seemed really short but we will be back again soon...
Seth had decided to fly in for a few days to see family, so after arriving back home, we picked him up in Dallas and I carted a tree and Christmas presents down to Austin to see Kristin (I even brought along desserts for after our dinner and present opening with Joel that evening :)...
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We were glad he made the time and paid for a ticket home! Grangran was sure glad to see him and we had an early Christmas dinner with him before he had to get back to Italy.
We also heard from Kyle in Africa and he sent along a picture of his Christmas tree there at the base!
In kind of a last minute decision we made plans to fly to Charlotte and take Grangran to be with Craig's family. She was thrilled and we tried to book it to be as easy as possible (did you know flights on Christmas Day are available on short notice? :)
Rod helped Craig with a project at our nephew and niece's home -- installation of a patio awning. Towards the end it was "all hands on deck" and we wrapped up the finished project just as the sun was going down....
We got to know our great nieces, Ellie and Lucy better and had wonderful food, games, present opening and fellowship together with the whole Craig Schroder clan! It was hard for Grangran to say goodbye.
This wrapped up our crazy busy December and 2018 and I'm so glad to have this wrapped up.
My year ended, though, with a beautiful surprise on December 31st.... next post!
