Sunday, December 24, 2006
'Twas the night before Christmas, and I'm ready to go get some sleep!!!We had a really nice worship time with our church family this morning, and then after two full days my wife spent cooking, we enjoyed a really nice evening meal with some friends from that church family tonight!
It started with Tom & Laura, our South Dakota friends who are here in South Mississippi courtesy of the United States Air Force. They are far away from family, so Jody asked them over for dinner tonight.
It continued with Jackie and her son, Will. Jackie's husband (Sean) is a nurse with the United States Air Force, and they also would be separated from family this evening - PLUS Sean had to work tonight, so Jody also invited Jackie & Will.
Then yesterday, Jody found out our friends, Tracy & Shanna, were going to be sitting at home on Christmas Eve because of a break in all their various family commitments this holiday season, so they came over with their children, Freddy, Tristen, and sweet Emily (pictured above).
Lots of great food and conversation, along with some friendly crokinole action & a few games of darts in the garage. It was a really nice Christmas Eve.
Well, there are some cookies & milk with my name on them (well, close enough to my name), so I'd better get to my normal Christmas Eve work!
Merry Christmas everyone...
