CHRISTMAS 2011 ..WITH MOM/NANA

WELL. WE HAD OUR ANNUAL.FAMILY .TRADITION...EAT, WATCH CHRISTMAS MOVIES, DRINKS WITH FRIENDS..AND THEN AS CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT AS POSSIBLE..WE SEE WHAT SANTA BROUGHT...THE GRANDKIDS CAN HARDLY WAIT. BUT..

AS YOU CAN SEE...WE GO THRU ALOT OF GOODIES FIRST...THIS PICTURE IS JUST THE DRY...UNFRIG STUFF..IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM CAUSE THERE IS NO ROOM IN THE PANTRY!!!
AND..HERE IS NIKOLAI..MY GRANDSON, HELPING US GET READY FOR ALL THE

COMPANY...HE IS A GREAT SWEEPER...WORKS FOR MONEY!!
MOM AND KITTY RESTING BEFORE EVERYONE COMES. MOM WAS UP UNTIL PAST MIDNIGHT...DRINKING AND OPENEING PRESENTS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED AT 95 AND 1/2
MOMS SNUGGLE. FROM JOHNNY AND GERI. IT HAS WORKED OUT PERFECTLY

WE PUT IT ON HER BACKWARDS SINCE SHE SITS IN THE WHEEL CHAIR...SHE SAID ' OH PURPLE..MY FAVORITE COLOR...SHE WAS IN FULL FORM AND IT WAS ALMOST MIDNIGHT!
OH YES. HERE IS GERI. WATCHING NANA. IN AWE. MOM TALKING, ACTING LIKE A 70 YEAR OLD...UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS GOING ON..IT WAS AMAZING. NEXT MORNING..SHE REMEMBERED NONE OF IT. SO GOD OPENED THE DOOR FOR HER...FOR ONE NIGHT..FOR ALL OF US...BECAUSE MOM..WAS MOM IF JUST FOR 5 SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE HOURS!