Lonesome Monday!!!

Mavrik & Santa

I realize Christmas is past but thought this picture needed to be shared. Mavrik's first Christmas!!!

Well, we face a new week and have NO out-of-state visitors today. The last ones left yesterday morning and now our house feels huge, empty and quiet. We enjoyed last week so very much and it was hard to say "good-by". We appreciate each one who spent time with us and helped make it such a memorable week. It had been much too long since Ryon had been here. We felt we hardly knew Jessica as we had only met her at their wedding 2 years earlier but it was very easy to fall in love with her and we are so blessed to have her as part of our family. She got quite an initiation and no doubt wished she were back in CA when the storms hit on Monday night. We were so blessed and so thankful that we had no destruction nor damage---only anxious moments and hours for most of the night. Of course, to see little Mavrik is to love him. He is just as special as his Dad and Granddad had told us he was. We were able to watch him take his first steps and soon he was walking all over the place going where and when he chose. We also got to watch him turn 1 year old. I will post some pictures of his "party" a little later. He and Sherlyn had to share the spotlight on the 10th. He kinda' stole the attention but we are glad we could share Sherlyn's birthday as well. She was our very first grandchild and will forever be very special and dear to us. Oh, yes, we are glad Roger could be here also. We appreciate all he does to make our time together so enjoyable and memorable.

Darla, we are glad you and Kristen drove over to be with us and thank you for the honor you gave to me. I felt blessed to be able to prepare meals for everyone. Thanks, also, to Ron, Vicky, Keith, Jessica, Jan, Devin, Jaron, Courtney, Sherlyn, G.J. and Ryan for completing our "party" and making efforts to be with us during the week. We needed Anne and Andrea and family but understand that they had obligations. We missed them and hope they can be with us next time.

Thanks to EVERYONE for a wonderful week.

My love to all,

Dortha