This weekend we went to Indiana to visit family and celebrate Christmas a little early. The reason is that my sister has cancer and is going into a hospital in Chicago for a bone marrow transplant in December. She will be there all during the month of December, and perhaps part of the early new year. So we all decided that we would have our family Christmas a little early this year, and combine the celebration with Thanksgiving, too! It was a wonderful family time. We had lots of food, everyone received a few gifts, and we played games and had much laughter.
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| The buffet table was loaded with plenty of food: chicken, Polish sausage, ham, stuffed cabbage, several casseroles and plenty of vegetables. What is not pictured are the desserts - a blueberry cheesecake, pumpkin pie, cookies, and candy, too! |
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| We sat around and enjoyed a little more dessert, and plenty of laughter. |
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| The kids were at the "kid's table", and adults were at the main dining table or at tables in the living room. |
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| We played a musical game to determine the order of gift opening. |
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| Because my sister Diana has many tests and trips to Chicago before she enters the hospital, we kept decorations to a bare minimum. Do you remember the aluminum Christmas trees from the 1950's? A 4 color light wheel shines colors of red, yellow, blue and green on the aluminum tree. These were so popular back then. |
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| We opened gifts downstairs. |
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| Even my mother had something to open. She is shown here with a new cozy blanket, and some cookies and fancy soaps. |
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| I made a Christmas quilt for my sister to take to the hospital. But she is holding the quilt sideways!! |
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| My two great-nephews, and my two great-nieces. |
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| I am pictured here in the back with my niece Becky, her son Zachary and her husband Jerome, and my husband Harold (in the middle) and my 94 year old mother Frances. |
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| My sister Diana is the second from the right. We all wish her the best of luck with the transplant procedure! |
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| After all the excitement, and while the women were cleaning up the kitchen, guess what some of the men were doing? Yep - snoozing! |
It was a long 765 mile trip by car and took 16 hours of driving, but we drove there and back safely. What a weekend of blessings!
2 comments:
I'm having a difficult time recognizing some of those folks. Your mother is looking good. Hope all goes well with Diana. Not a fun thing to look forward to.
Thanks for sharing the wonderful pictures. Great to see everyone again. Becky looks so much like you sister.
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