We have had a very quiet and reflective Christmas Day. Lots of falling snow and very picturesque. We were treated once again to some angel sounding carollers on Christmas eve!
Afterwards we sat near the toasty warm wood burning fireplace, with all the Christmas lights beaming out the window, and we began to talk about all our previous Christmases. How we always tried to go all out for this time of the year! We have always enjoyed spending that time with family and friends.
We were remembering how he would try and play Santa for the gkids. One of our last memories of him being able to do that was two Christmases ago. This picture shows him standing outside our house coming in with gifts for the gkids. (Santa is a bit on the skinny side (Rick says). What you don't see in the pic are all the little smiling cheering faces on the other side of the window as they watched Santa moving up and down the street heading to our house! There was joy in remembering those special moments but sadness in thinking we will never have them again. Each Christmas that we have together has become even more precious than ever!
On Christmas day this year we were invited to our neighbors (Jake and Val) for a wonderfully cooked brunch. We then retired back to our suite for a much needed nap after all that food. Then later on that evening our neighbors (Jake and Val) brought us a complete Christmas dinner with all the trimmings! It was so wonderful of them to share this time with us. Rick was so tired from the day that I ended up feeding him his much desired dark turkey meat and dressing from his bedside.
