Weekend Recap on Monday....

Our weekend started on Friday and we went over to Disney Springs to meet up with our nephew and his family for lunch at the House of Blues.  It was great seeing them. Lunch was delicious.

Mary, Anthony nephew Jim, Joe, and Emily.

This was taken in front of Disney Quest.

Saturday (Christmas Eve) we got to sleep in a bit.  I got Jeff's room ready for him and we put together a Christmas Eve spread to have when we got back from the airport with him.

Before that, though we went to Christmas Eve Mass.  Our church was so crowded that people were parking across the street in the Baptist Church parking lot.  We didn't even try to find a place to park because it would have been standing room only inside.  Instead, we took off for the next town south and went to St. John Neumann Catholic instead. We got a parking spot and a place to sit!  Worked out fine, even if we didn't know anyone.

Having Jeff with us for Christmas was the best gift we could have gotten!

His plane arrived 18 minutes early, but we were there at the gate and ready!!

This is the LATE Christmas Even spread we had when we got home.

After we ate, we opened gifts. The cats got treats and toys but had more fun with the paper and gift bags than they did with the toys.  This is Lucy and Jeff.

This is Lilly....

....and this is Vinny who tore that paper to shreds!

Jeff!

We went to bed after midnight, so wished each other a Merry Christmas before turning in.

Christmas morning I was up and in the kitchen.  Our Christmas dinner menu included ham, corn casserole, Au gratin potatoes, mixed vegetables, pickle plate and rolls. Cheryl brought a fruit salad and Helen brought lemon meringue pie, pecan pie and cherry pie.  We did not leave the table hungry!

When they left, we took Jeff around and showed him some of the 55+ communities we were looking at as possibilities for us to move to. When we got home, our friend Sheila dropped by.  She stayed an hour or so and it was good catching up with her.  She hadn't seen Jeff in a long time.

There were lots of texts and several phone calls in between all of this, with family and friends far away. It would be great if we could all be together for holidays like we used to do years ago. Sigh.

We will be picking at leftovers for a few days, which isn't a bad thing.  We will take Jeff to his girlfriend's folks today and they will fly back to Virginia tomorrow.  Joey and Darlene are coming down for a few days this week. We'll either get them tonight or tomorrow.  So, a busy week ahead!  I might be here hit & miss but will catch up with you.  I'm looking forward to your Christmas posts!

Thanks for your visit!  Peace & hugs!