On Wednesday Grandma Myreel Lewis came to visit (Freeman’s maternal grandmother). She’s staying with Mom and Dad Linton and we were able to bring her to our house and have her for an hour. Unfortunately, Freeman had already committed himself to help the missionaries that night and so couldn’t be there. We showed her around the house and did our nightly Christmas ritual with her -- putting a piece of the nativity on the advent calendar, reading a scripture, and reading a Christmas book. We read “Great Joy” – a children’s book set in the era that she grew up in. The children sang her a few songs. We had hot chocolate and chocolate chip cookies. After the story, the kids played with toys and Grandma and I chatted about having children, supporting a husband who is busy. She recently turned 90 years old. What a treasure. She is full of sparkle and bursting with the hope and joy of the gospel. Her countenance is the fulfillment of many gospel principles, and it is testimony strengthening. I could have talked to her for hours. It was joyful to have her, wish we lived closer.
We had a fun weekend with the kids. We took them to the shops at Highland village and rode a horse drawn carriage, only 10 minutes long, but free! And took pictures by the huge center Christmas tree.
The next morning we went to the town of Flower Mound annual parade. It was a cute small town parade made up mostly of church groups and girls/boys scouts. But everyone was throwing candy and we came away with two, count ‘em, TWO grocery sacks FULL of candy. More than Halloween for sure. Needless to say the chocolate was quickly removed and hidden for adult purposes and more than half was given away – that much sugar in a house is dangerous!
On Sunday Elise and her kids stopped by to drop of Christmas cookies. We invited them in and had enough dinner to feed them. So fun! It was a wild time, but we LOVED having them. I just love Elise's contagious energy!
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