It's been a long time!

It's been a long time since I posted anything.  Painters are here today painting the guest bathroom and our bedroom/bathroom so I'm stuck upstairs so I can stay out of their way, so I thought it would be a good time for a little update.  I'm way behind and things won't be in order, but at least I'll feel like I'm working on catching up!

Where to start...

My sister Carolyn's husband Max has had serious health issues for quite some time and passed away on December 20th.  It's always hard to lose a loved one but especially hard at Christmas.  His funeral was the day after Christmas.

Karen and I had gone to Huntsville just a couple of weeks before he passed away.  We took bbq from Big Bob Gibson's and a coconut pie for lunch.  Max enjoyed our visit as we did.  He was having a good day, laughing and talking.  So glad we got to spend some time with him, not knowing it would be the last time.

Carolyn seems to be doing well.  Such a lot of paperwork and such when someone passes away.  I went over a couple of weeks ago and spent the night with her.  She's been having severe back problems and I was able to take her to physical therapy while I was there.  We had a really nice visit.

In December we also celebrated Kaydee receiving her Master's Degree with Ronald treating us to dinner at Ray's at the Bank.

We had a wonderful dinner and some delicious wine!  Karen gave a special toast.  We're all so proud of Kaydee!

Darby was in a dance program before Christmas.  She didn't actually do much dancing (like none!) but she looked adorable and she was so proud of herself because she didn't cry.  We considered that a win!

Another rainy day here.  I'm really tired of the rain...I need some sunshine!