Great Day

We have had such a great day and a half in KC with the fam.

Today was supposed to be the day the boys went over to Kansas City, MO to the whole in the wall restaurant called The Corner Cafe' for biscuits and gravy. This has become a Christmas tradition over the years. Both boys got here this morning only to discover that the roads were slick and icky. The plans changed and biscuits and gravy were put on hold. Mike went back up the street to his house while Mom fixed the rest of us homemade biscuits and gravy. YUM!

It was so nice to sit down and have breakfast with not only Mom and Dad, but with Matt and Tammy as well. Matt looks WONDERFUL. I'm telling you, it was so great to see. Mentally he seems ok-not as spacey as he's been in the past. He had surgery just a week ago on his shoulder and is doing great with that. It was just really refreshing to hear him laugh and joke again. I know he's struggling with some anxiety but that's all considered normal with what he's been through along with the head injury itself.

Dad and I left out soon after breakfast. It's been tradition since I was a little girl, that Dad and I go shopping together. We used to go to the mall, Christmas shop, then take a break and get a cheesecake brownie from the Cookie place in the mall. Well the cheesecake brownies are no more, but the shopping tradition does carry on. The roads weren't too bad while we were out, although it was really cold, wet and windy. BRRR!!

Steve and my oldest brother Mike, went shopping soon after breakfast as well. I swear them boys are worse than a couple of girls! They are so funny! I told Mike last week when he told me he was waiting for Steve to get up here so they could go shopping, that they were girls. His response was "That's fine. Make fun of us if you want, but WE GOT PLANS." Hysterical! They shopped for five hours today!

Funny story. While we all went shopping this morning, Tanner stayed with Mom. Jenny (my sister in law, aka, my sister) called and wanted Tanner to come up and play with the nieces. Jenny said she'd run down and pick Tanner up. (Mike and Jenny live seven or eight houses up from Mom and Dad) Let me just interject here that Jenny and I have identical trucks. I got mine first, she drove mine and then wanted one for herself. The only one they had on the lot with the features they wanted was blue like mine. Back to the story....Mom evidently looked outside the window and told Tanner that Jenny was there. Tanner puts her coat on and goes out through the garage. Mom shuts the garage door and goes back to her baking. Next thing she hears is a knock at the front door. She opens it to find Tanner standing there. "That's not Aunt Jenny, Grandma, that's MOM'S truck!" Too funny. We've laughed all day long about it.

We had a lazy afternoon and evening. Jenny and the girls had dinner plans so Mike came and ate with us. Everyone except me watched "The Christmas Story." I slept on the floor. I was beat.

Tomorrow is a "stay home day" until it's time to go to church tomorrow night then to my Aunt and Uncle's house. We get together with my Mom's side of the family on Christmas Eve and then with my Dad's on Christmas day. We are supposed to get two to four inches of snow tonight and I'm hoping we really do-a white Christmas would be awesome.

I'm off of here to head to bed. I'm tired and worn out still.

Until tomorrow........................