Walk to Big screen to Neighbors to Frog eyes to Fundraising

From Georgann


We have had such a fun and busy week.  It started last Saturday...

Saturday - went to our friends Dave and Marlene Ellrich's famous annual ebelskiver breakfast. Anthony, Elsy, Kathryn and Brad went too.  Ellriches plan to move to Iowa next March so it was bittersweet.  We also addressed Christmas cards that evening. Yay for a task completed.

Sunday was "Walk to the Manger", our Christmas musical at church.  All the planning and preparation our office has done since August paid off.  It was wonderful.  The morning was also an opportunity to give toys, clothing and monetary gifts to local and international missions.  The generosity was amazing.

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Monday - Dave, Mary, Janet and I went to see the movie "White Christmas" on the big screen - a first for us.  It was great!  It was fun hearing the crowd's reaction to different parts of the movie and there was a round of applause at the end, just like in the good old days of the movies.

Tuesday - Our neighbors Matt and Penny Knight and their son Reece give us a plate of homemade treats each Christmas.  Delicious!  Each year we have nothing to give in return.  This year I decided to reciprocate by inviting them to dinner.  Knights had never met Kathryn, in fact they doubted she even existed.  So to squelch those rumors, we also invited Brad and Kathryn to dinner.  Penny accused Brad of hiring Kathryn as a "Bride by the Hour".  However by the end of the evening, Kathryn had charmed them as only she can.  They think she's a keeper!  It was a really fun evening.

Wednesday - tonight we got to have dinner with Ladell and Norma to celebrate the birthdays of Ladell and Dave.  We ate at Q39.  I had never been there and enjoyed it a lot - the food AND the company.  On the way home, I asked Dave if he'd take me to see the Christmas light display over by the Olathe Community Center.  You know, one of those where you tune into a special radio station and the lights move to the music.  It was really festive and cool! The evening ended with me making some Frog Eyes for Dave to take to work tomorrow and SNOW!  Our first of the season.

Thursday - if the weather doesn't prevent us, we are taking Lois to dinner at Ruby Tuesday's.  One of Dave's colleagues is on the heart transplant list.  Friends are planning all sorts of fundraisers to collect the $74,000 the transplant will cost.  They've planned a restaurant fundraiser every two weeks.  Last one was at Chipotle's.  We'll enjoy a meal out while raising funds for Melissa.  Can't beat that.