Christmas in Dixie!

Hello my sisters!
We got home late Sat. nite from our 10 hr. drive from Kentucky! Christmas in Dixie was wonderful and we thank you , Cindy and Ed, from the bottom of our hearts for the great time had by all. Most of us arrived the day before Christmas eve... Christy and Sean had to work an additional day and arrived Christmas Eve afternoon. We visited and caught up with eachothers lives before dinner and gift opening. The children sang Christmas songs for us first and then we did our rounds ooohing and ahhhing over our gifts. Christmas Day was quiet with ball games and boggle and food and laughing. Noone wanted to go anywhere so we did not move from our places for four days! Then the Holmes family went home, next day Kathy and Jeff flew back to Ca. and we rested for the next two days. Larry and Ed got to golf while the weather was in the 40-50s so they were happy campers! Then on New Years Day Es and Stan drove in for a nice New Year celebration. We played cards and then the girls watched two movies. We had good food and lots of laughs. We all headed for home on Sat. It was a great time and we thank you, Cin and Ed, for being such good hosts and hostess. You made us feel right at home. I missed the rest of the gang who could not be with us....seemed strange to be without them. Next year we will be back in Mi. for Christmas. I hope the New Year prooves to be a healthy and happy one for all of us and if God wills it that we may all be together next year. I love you all, Rose
ps. I just wanted to share this little goody...you may already know it but I think its worth repeating: Yesterday is history, Tomorrow a mystery, today is a gift...thats why it's called the present!

Hello Dear Family

Well 2008 is history and it was a good year. Starting 2009 with Cindy, Ed, Rose and Larry was great, we had a wonderful time. Christmas was subdued this year with everyone in Kentucky, but spending it with my grandkids was all that mattered, though we missed everyone. It has been a great year for the boys, all three doing well in school and growing so fast. Reese has found his sport and is an awesome soccer player, so much so that his coach thinks he needs to play up two years. He is still on a travel team and they have games every saturday till spring . Devin's new team won their division and now we are waiting for playoffs. He will be trying out for Selects in March, which is a tryout for Team Michigan. If they make the cut they go to a week long camp in the Soo and if they make that cut they go to New York. Mostly AAA kids make it so he has a good chance because he continues to practise with the AAA team down south. Tate is getting very tall and loves his music. He got an electric guitar for Christmas and plays so much he is going through alot of strings. He is going to play soccer in the spring, he seems to like it, but wants to try his hand at basketball also. He will be tall so that might be his sport. Last but not least my Sophie is almost six months old and cute as a button. We took her to Kentucky and she did real well, getting along with Cindys dogs no problem. I hope everyone has a great 2009 and hopefully we will see each other alot this year. Love Es