Christmas Eve

Well, got to sleep in some but hurried around making sure last minute things were done. We had to finish shopping at Cracker Barrell (LOL!!) on the way home from Duke as we still had not finished up. Anway, got everything wrapped, sealed and delivered. Chris and his Mom Gin cooked up our Christmas Eve dinner which was pork loin, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, broccoli casserole, sweet potato casserole and rolls. Angela cooked up the macarooni and cheese which completed the meal and we ate around 5:00. We of course ate on paper plates and used plastic utensils but it was so nice not to have to cook one thing and all of the food was delicious. Gin almost made her famous Turtle Puffs which are so good, Mom brought her famous lemon cake and we made our brownies. We were all sitting by the tree enjoying the
laughter, talking and thinking about how blessed we are. Alanna was at her home in NC with her brother and sister and we are so thankful that her surgery went so well. It does not look like she will have to be on insulin long and her liver has already started doing the processes the pancreas had done before, so we know she does not miss the pain! I will be starting my chemo soon which will treat the liver, bone and breast cancer all at one time. It has been a fast Christmas and all of the snow went away in one day! Temperature was 54 degrees today and it all melted. Hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and will look forward to a wonderful New Year! Love, Janice & Danny