Christmas in Alabama...day 8

 

Friday December 27 

Well today was one busy day, in a lazy sort of way.  Nick had to work today, so we didn't get to see him until supper time. Kerry and I actually slept in until 8am, hours after our usual wake up time of 5:30am. Slumbering was good ... Real good!

Once we made it down stairs, we enjoyed an easy breakfast (cereal with banana) followed by the first cup of Java for the day. After cleaning up our breakfast dishes Kerry and I headed outside to tackle that shed one last time. Our goal...finish the job!  It was a little tricky getting the last few dozen screw holes to line up, but with a little patience and a lot of prayer, the last screw and bolt were in place. The shed was almost done. All we needed to do now was lay out the floor sub support and cut the plywood flooring. I noticed my nose was a little runny while working and hopefully it was due to the cold weather and not a cold bug.

By 1pm we cut the last piece of flooring and fit it into place. "It Was Finished, Done, Complete, Finito."

As we sat down to a supper of spaghetti with zucchini I couldn't help reflect on the fact that this was the "Last Supper" for us in Alabama. Tomorrow morning Kerry and I leave the Deep South (Nick, Kristin, Jared, Landon and Kari's) and head back to the Ole Pueblo.

This was truly a Christmas to remember, one for the books, a gift to us from God and we are so pleased that we get to share it with you. We hope your Christmas was as merry as ours and may the New Year bring all of your dreams into reality.

 

The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he (or she) can be.

MARIANNE E. NEIFERT, Dr. Mom's Parenting Guide