Christmas Dinner with the Hall Family

We had plans for our Christmas Day to fix a big meal for Jeff's mom, Evelyn, neice, Aimee and her family, Josh & Carlie Kay; nephew, Jeremy and their Dad, Gary. However, that didn't work out. Christmas Eve day we found out that Jeff's mom was very sick and we were forecast to get snow that night. So Jeff drove to Pittsburg to spend the night with his Mom; and my Mom & I spent Christmas Eve together here in Galena (we did enjoy a delicious meal at Red Lobster in Joplin in the early evening) and then watched Christmas movies on Hallmark. The snow began falling around 10:30 that night and when we woke Christmas Day - we had 7" of snow! It has been too long for me to remember - when we had a White Christmas, so as you can imagine (if you know me), I was beyond thrilled!!

Judy Hall and Leigh Ryan did not want us to spend Christmas alone, so insisted we join them for Christmas dinner. As always, it was delicious and we had so much fun!

This is Bill & Judy and their family.....all wonderful, godly, loving people!!

They were so kind to even include Jeff, Mom and I in their fun, fun, stocking gift time!

Here is a slideshow of the pictures at the Halls....you can click on it and open up the link in Picasa to see each one individually.



Thank you, thank you, Bill & Judy and family for allowing us to join your family for a wonderful Christmas celebration. You all are such kind and generous people and we are so appreciative of all you do for us!! We love you!

On Monday after Christmas, Jeff had to put his Mom in the hospital where she is still a patient and probably won't get to go home until January 8th or so. She has congestive heart failure and we would appreciate your prayers for her.

Even though our Christmas didn't quite go as planned - it was a wonderful day and I can truly say that this Christmas season has been my most favorite in many, many years.