The new living room furniture was delivered and the kitchen remodel finished the first week in December, so I rushed to put up Christmas decorations as soon as I had a place for the tree. Since I didn't have much time, I limited the decorating to the living room, dining room table and one tree downstairs, not even unpacking all the Hallmark ornaments. Nevertheless, Christmas spirit quickly filled the house.
On December 24th, I went to early church with Barney and Dorothy. Afterwards we went to a party and then came here to open presents.
Scheduling worked out favorably for a December 25th celebration with Kelly, Rodney and Adam spending the night here after presents were opened. Since Andrew and Alee had to return to Lawrence in the evening, we started the party around 4 pm with snacks set up on the new kitchen counter. Adam arrived later after an arduous trip fighting auto troubles. Tortilla roll ups and Sloppy joes provided traditional tastes but Triumph ribs proved the most popular for the second year in a row and will be on the menu again next year.
The next morning, Kelly and Rodney and I enjoyed coffee, tea and conversation in the kitchen. They left around 11:30 am. Adam slept until 3 pm.( He and I had stayed up until 3 am the night before.) Kelly commented that this had been one of the Merriest Christmases.
