Best Gifts Under the Tree!

Here is a darling photo of my boys, Ashton and Damien, sitting under the Christmas tree ready to open presents. What wonderful fun we had together. Notice that Ashton has me cuddled in his arms. I was always someplace nearby. They got lots of presents and so did I. They arrived on Christmas Eve and we all went to bed early after they had such a long drive from Nashville. Christmas morning, however, the openings began and went on for a long time. We always do one at a time and each one gets one and then we go to the next round. It is wonderful because we really enjoy each one. Afterward, we had a lamb dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy which is our favorite and just gloried in a blessed Christmas Day. Hope your Christmas was good, too. Had to leave on Friday for the long drive home, but it was worth every minute. Show you more of the gifts tomorrow. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

Oh, Christmas Tree!

Here is the beautiful Christmas tree! It is lovely and we have really enjoyed it. We have had a fantastic Christmas with the boys here, and their parents, of course, but I do like the boys. We had so much fun together. They had to go home, but we sure miss them. I will try to tell you about some of the great things we did together. Great Lady is still recooperating and not up to her usual duties, but I am glad she is back doing something! Can't believe how much depends on her. Hope we can do better now in this new year. More tomorrow. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.

Still Sick!

Boy, this has been a horrible bug. Great Lady is still sick, and could not even go to church today when Great Sir is preaching in place of the Pastor who went to visit his family. Of course, she was afraid she would cough through his sermon and that would NOT be good. Gabriel is feeling very bad about Great Lady. He always sits right next to her when she is here, but I heard that she was up coughing every hour during most of the night and sometimes coughed for two hours on occasion. She is exhausted but seems to be at the end of the illness now. Thank goodness. It has really laid her low now for several weeks. She still suffers from a sore throat, but I am sure that is from the coughing and so are the aching ribs. On and on it goes even with cough drops and things to drink and gargle. The salt water does pretty well though, and she is trying My Lady's treatment of hot tea, honey, and lemon juice this afternoon. She is anxious to go see Granddaughter V, her husband M, and darling Wyatt tomorrow. They will be moving to Maryland, and Great Lady will miss having them near in Florida; however, they should be closer to us here in St. Louis. We will see. Got to go look at a map. Love from Kheldar, the Yorkie.