Craig and his family arrived on Christmas Day and we went to Lorrie's for Christmas dinner of prime rib, mashed potatoes, asparagus, Yorkshire pudding and a couple of pies. Val had dinner with us since her family gathering is after Christmas.
Craig, Kathie, Christopher and Gavin stayed with me in the Sugar Land Condo. There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor so there was ample room. The week was filled with the cousins all doing stuff together like movies, laser tag, and of course video games on their computers and other gadgets. The weather has been mostly nice after a cold Christmas day. But now it is about 70〫although it is supposed to cool down tonight. Craig and the boys flew back yesterday (New Year's eve). Kathie stayed on and we celebrated New Years in some far off land so that we could get to bed early.
This morning, Lorrie and Kathie are flying to Panama City Beach to begin furnishing and decorating the condo that we hope will be rented as soon as we get it ready. They haven't seen it so I am anxiously awaiting a call from them to see what they think of it. Val and I will drive to Florida on Thursday and arrive on Friday. We plan to stay until the place is ready to rent--I hope less than a week. I'll post some pictures next time.
Last Thursday, Val had her family's Christmas celebration at her house in my old neighborhood. There were about 40 people there. I went as did Craig and Kathie. It was fun. While we were there we went to sit on the bench that the neighbors dedicated to Sally. I've shown you this before, but it never fails to grab me when I am there. Since Sally was cremated, there is no fixed memorial spot except for this bench. However, Sally's ashes are scattered at some of her favorite places coast to coast.
I'll report back after the Florida trip. I'm excited.
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