What I did on my Christmas vacation

When I taught third grade I used to give a writing assignment after Christmas…What I did on my Christmas vacation.  It was always interesting to see how they enjoyed their time off. This Christmas we went to Tennessee to visit Ryan and family. While we were there Chris and his boys, girlfriends, and dogs came too. We had a fantastic time being all together for a week. Here are some highlights.


As always I had such fun with my two little grandchildren. I brought felt, googly eyes and popsicle sticks and we made Christmas puppets.

Christmas morning was a delight with the screeching and whopping.   They were so happy with all their presents.

The next morning when we got up I thought it was romantic that Ryan and Jenny were sitting in front of the fire….until they told me that they lost power.  Luckily it was only for a few hours.

Then they rest of the group arrived. That night we had real tamales courtesy of my friend Linda Platko. It was a Mexican feast.
And then Christmas all over again.  

The next day Ryan fixed us a wonderful breakfast. He is the king of breakfast potatoes.