Christmas with our neighbors

Mr. House

Anna and Mrs. House - she is over 90 years old!

We spent most of the day last Tuesday cooking soup and bread for our neighbors. We have several older neighbors that we have enjoyed getting to spend some time with over the past 5 years. It is such a blessing to get to spend time with our older and much wiser neighbors - we learn so much from them. Some of them have had some pretty rough times in the past few years with illnesses and accidents.

We also have a couple of sweet neighbors who let us swim in their pool all summer and another one who provides us with high speed internet. The Millers spend hours each Christmas season making hand dipped chocolate covered cherries. They are soo yummy. Mr. Jim is always on call when I have internet problems and on several occasions has let me come down to the Miller home to work on their computer! Also on Tuesday, we stayed quite a while at the Blackburn's house. Mrs. Sheryl is a fabulous cook and we sampled several of her homemade goodies and gourmet coffees! Her house is a showplace with ornate decorations and a 12-14 foot tall tree! Even their beautiful barn is decorated for Christmas. We enjoyed their hospitality!