Merry Christmas

Our trip to Texas was short but sweet. We left out on Saturday morning, arriving in Grapevine around 6:30pm. We got checked into the hotel, then headed over to Doyle's brothers' house. After a quick visit with Dennis & Becky we went to the hospital. Roy was really good, he had finished his first round of chemo but was still getting blood and platelets. He really seemed to like the gifts that we got for him. A robe, pj's, and slippers, the little ones helped him unwrap them, and they loved that. We visited with him on Sunday again and then on Monday morning before we left for home. He seemed to be wearing down by Monday morning, maybe he had a little too much company over the weekend?!? He will have to stay in the hospital until after Jan 1st when they will do another bone morrow test and decide the next course of action. I'll continue to pray for the best outcome when they do the test. We also had a really nice visit with Dennis & Becky--they made us breakfast and supper on Sunday and it was great. I'd forgot what a good cook Becky is!!! It was good to see some of the Minnesota/South Dakota Kruses' there also.


Christmas at the Kruse household will be tomorrow--it's my year to work Christmas Day :(
I'm looking forward to the kids opening their gifts, they are always so excited, and I hope they enjoy what we got them. I asked Chely what they wanted for dinner, I was thinking ham or turkey, she answered pizza! Sounds good to me, being gone last weekend has really thrown my schedule for a loop. Doyle and I both has a touch of the flu on Tuesday so we pretty much laid around all day. I did manage to get the rest of the gifts wrapped and while doing so realized that I have absolutely nothing for Patrick's stocking but candy, so I will have to make one more Wal-Mart run tomorrow, early, early!!! Chely was there as I was getting off work today and she said it was CRAZY!!!!


I will probably not post again before Christmas so I would like to say a big Merry Christmas to all who read this blog. It was about a year ago that I started this and it has been a joy for me, and I hope I've brought some laughs your way with it. I wasn't sure how long I would or could keep this going, but I'm glad that I stuck with it. Here's to many more years of "Kruse Life".