Before I left Folly Beach (where we are staying while our boat is re-powered) I baked all of the of the Christmas cookies that I bake each year in hopes that I would be able to get them through security at the airport and safely into my children's hands.
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| This is definitely the 1st time I've made Christmas cookies when it was 70 degrees outside! |
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| I packed each type of cookie (I baked 9 different kinds) in a rigid plastic container with wax paper between layers and placed them in this duffle to carry on to the airplane on Tuesday. Thank goodness they arrived in Katy safely. |
Katy, Texas December 13-18
I visited my son and his family in Katy, a suburb just north of Houston for the first leg of my journey. My grandson, Acen, has a birthday on December 14th so I wanted to be there for his party as well as visit with the whole family.
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| I had not seen my son for almost a year. It was marvelous to reconnect. |
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| My son, Karl, (on the far right) cooked us a delicious dinner one night. Seated from left to right are Maddix (my son's stepson), Terry (my son's mother-in law), Acen (my son's son), and me. |
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| I spent many joyful hours playing "animals" with Acen. His favorite right now are dinosaurs and jungle animals. |
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| I was able to create this" Noturo" type costume for Maddix while I was there. He will be wearing it at a convention in San Antonio in January. It also gave me a chance to spend some quality time with him. |
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| On Saturday Afternoon we set up for Acen's third birthday party. This is my daughter-in-law, Brandy. As you can see she planned for a dinosaur theme. |
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| Acen and all of the other guests were thrilled with the party venue. It had giant bouncy play areas, a section for "crawlers", and games for older children. It was a big success!!
It was difficult to leave everyone that evening, but I have three other children to visit for the holidays.
I had to be up at 3 AM in order to catch my flight to Baltimore.
My next blog will be about that leg of my journey!
Thanks for reading my blog.
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