Started out the month again in Branson! Jeff and I went to Silver Dollar City on Thursday, using our Season Passes.
Very nice day weather wise (but crowded as usual)
On Friday, we meet several folks from Antioch and Springhill Churches for a couple of days of shows, good eating, and sweet fellowship! Norman Crass organizes this trip every year.
Our Springhill friends that went to the Holy Land with us in 2011❤
The first Sunday in December was the Antioch Ladies Banquet. A picture of Mom and I in the pretty decorated foyer at church
Our table (that Kaye decorated so beautifully)
Mom, Kaye and I
And the sweet ladies who sat at our table❤
A couple of cute pictures sent to us this month...our Swart boys!
Rachel's family's Fall Picture
Our oldest granddaughter, Avi, turned 17 on December 9th!😍😍
The second Sunday night of the month was our Home Group Christmas dinner and fellowship. Sure loved all these folks! The guys:
And the gals
Jeff doing the game, "I've Got the Spirit"😄
Monday night we went to Mike's Place with these friends and celebrated all of our December wedding anniversaries!❤
It was a week full of Christmas and/or Social Events!
Our Antioch Staff were invited on Tuesday night to a delicious catered meal and wonderful fellowship at our Pastor and wife, Jason and Toya's beautiful home:
The Staff:
The Spouses
And to finish out the week, we enjoyed a delicious meal by RaeLynn and Tabatha and more sweet fellowship with the Callaways, Gunnels and Harkness' friends!
When we got home from there, the McCrary family were at our house, dropping off the 4 grandkiddos for 5 days while Mom and Dad flew to California for Jonathan's company's Christmas party and a mini vacation:
Along with game playing, Christmas movies, going around and seeing Christmas lights. etc., we enjoyed church on Sunday at Antioch:
With Great Grandma Boore
The kids had fun in S.S. and JAM
And a pic with Papa and DeDe after a wonderful Christmas program by our worship team and choir and a candlelight ending
On their last full day with us, Monday, the 20th, we went to Silver Dollar City (Jeff and I's 3rd time in Branson in a month!). Stopped at a McDonald's in Harrison for lunch and they wouldn't let us eat inside 😣so a cold curb in their parking lot was our picnic spot
First picture upon arriving (with a million other people!!)
We did get to ride several rides and they loved each one!!
They also loved all the beautiful lights
And the amazing tree with it's musical production
Last picture before leaving the park -- they all did so good for us and we had a great time! And they slept almost the entire 3 hour drive home!
Jeff and I celebrated our 49th anniversary on the 22nd! Dinner at Red Lobster
They gave us a complimentary ice cream sundae
Afterwards, we enjoyed a relaxing evening at Embassy Suites in LR. So thankful for the 49 years God has blessed us with!
Always love getting pictures sent to us of the grandkids with Santa😍
Can't wait to see all these kiddos next week! Josh's crew will come to Conway on the 26th and Andy's crew to LR on the 27th and we will spend that evening and all day on the 28th together in Rachel and Jonathan's big home. So very appreciative of them hosting us!
I don't mail Christmas cards anymore but try to still send a Christmas newsletter, via email (if I don't have an email address for you, I'm sorry). It's just a recap of our year, so if you follow my blog postings and/or Facebook, then you know pretty much all I wrote in that email 😁
I will have one more blog post before 2021 ends with our Christmas family gathering. 💖💖
Jeff and I do want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and God's richest blessings on the New Year!!
