THREE OF FOUR CHRISTMASES DOWN!!!!!

We attempted to drive to my Mom's on Friday. Bruce & Cindy would be there waiting for us. BUT, the roads were icy. Not only were they icy, but no salt trucks were out. When we got to I-94, there weren't any cars on the road except us (bad sign). So, we slid to the next exit and turned around and went home. So, on Saturday, it had rained all Friday night, we decided to try again. We made it in four hours - normal driving time.

Larry, Ruth, Kevin & Kenny came over in the evening for dinner. We spent the day with Gma Laga and the evening with Ruth's family. They watched "Magic on Ice." It was a pretty good movie, but far too long for my taste.

Cindy had left several bags of clothes for Zachary from Dean. Ruth brought over some clothes from the boys as well. When we got home we sorted them by sizes and Zachary tried on several things. Most of the clothes will be for next year, but he got quite a few that would fit now. Here is a coat that was in the bag. Zachary said it looked like Luke when he dressed up as "Men in Black." Did Zachary succeed?

After we left Michigan on Sunday morning, we met the Vastbinder family in Ft. Wayne at Cracker Barrel. We had a nice lunch with them. It was good to get to know them better. Betsey had spent the weekend with their family, so we picked her up and brought her home. It was a nice weekend, but we are glad to be home.

Now this coming weekend, all our older children and their families will be here for our fourth celebration of Christmas. Will write about that later.