before Christmas- day of - and after

Christmas preparation.
Church on Sunday - The Prince of Peace
and worship Christmas Eve, The story in song and worship.

Christmas Day drive 4 hours plus four hours sandwiched by family connection.

Thank you to the mom and the dad and the girls.
Just right.

Most Christmas cards in the mail

Next Christmas I need to give a grand daughter update. 
Briefly for this year,
Rachel studying for finals as a freshman,
Rose smiles
Sarah climbs on rocks
Lauren reads
Ashley hiking

At church this last Sunday a family lite the Hope candle on the advent wreath.  Two twins in red were active but polite, their older sister read like a college graduate.  Loud, clear, Isaiah 9, 1-3 with superb pronunciation of two Biblical countries.  Seventy percent of adult college would have stuttered.

The mom and dad passed the 6 to 9 month old brother back and forth as they read.  I have watched this family increase, one girl, add twins and now a boy.

A second post today 12/12/12

The pattern of numbers on this day is too unique to leave with no mention.

121212
12/12/12
12 December 2012

Christmas letters going into the mail

One photo on this blog is back 11 months ago.  Kathy and I are loading the rental car for the last time before driving to John Wayne airport for the return flight to Chicago and NH.  We are happy and relaxed after nine days in warmth.

Our next Rose parade is in less than 20 days.  We will be in the family room watching RFD TV on Direct TV.  RFD does the parade with professionalism not commercialism.

Not Wednesday but Thursday

Christmas letter is written and printed.  In the letter I gave no details about James Turner's passing.  Feb 2 in South Carolina he passed suddenly after one of his daily radiation treatments.  The Memorial service was June 2 in the Masonic Hall in Rangeley, Maine.