Merry Christmas from the hillbillies at Coin Church

Last night was the Christmas play.  Sister Joyce's story this year was about a hillbilly family celebrating the day.  Hence the children are not well dressed.  Sister Helen was in full costume.

I am just glad it is over.  Today I go to Branson shopping as I have 1 present for Hannah and only clothes for Robert.  You know clothes are not really presents.

Robert Sez

Robert and Hannah need Christmas themed sox for their gift exchange at school.   Hannah had to pick her own but Robert did not even want to go.  I could not find boys Christmas sox, only ordinary packages of boys socks.  I picked a pair sorta like the ones above, grey and white stripped with a maroon top from the women's socks.  I showed them to Robert and asked if they would be alright for the class gift.  Without even taking his eyes off his game he said, yes, fine.  I asked again if he really thought they would be alright for a boy.  He said, again without looking, I don't thinks socks are a Christmas gift anyway.

Merry, Merry, Merry

Miss Merry Christmas...

Stone

This is the stone I picked for George's grave.  I plan on having the 11th cav horse

It will be a solid background, not colored, and a cross maybe with a Lilly on my side.  When they send the mockup, I may change my mind.  Usually grave markers are symmetrical.  If it looks odd to me with different emblems on each side, I will go with crosses on both sids.

I am going to go by Monday and tell them I want vases on each side.  I have to go by because I am not sure what vase I want so I can't just tell them on the phone.

They had a fund raiser for me an work and go $1100.  I am going to pay that on the stone so I will know where it went.

I actually like the grey stones better than the red, but the other family stones are red and I decided they needed to be more or less the same.  And the grey was less expensive, so I thought I was being chincy with a once in a lifetime purchase.  We have red.

We did not get a truck yesterday.  The one I liked George Jr. did not like.  The one George Jr. liked, I did not like.  I am going to give up on the truck by Christmas deadline so we can have time to find one that is just right.  It would be easier if it did not have to be a Ford F150.

Today, Hannah and I go to Fayetteville to spend her Birthday Money.  

And, Emmy is Miss Merry Christmas!!!!  I have no pictures, yet, because I did not go.  Greg took the kids.  Jr took  my camera so he may or may not have pictures.