NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY

Wow, what a year! What a month! Three new grandchildren this year. All girls this time. Beautiful and healthy little girls. Just spent the last couple of weeks enjoying the holidays with my growing family. All the little ones are growing and enjoyed the holidays. New little Alana is beautiful. Seeing signs of the Calhoun, Lee, and Campbell influences. She is very petite but knows how to let one know when too much noise or something else is bothering her. Jess and Billy have their hands full with three under three! They made Nana's Christmas very special this year.

The weekend before Christmas was wonderful as Andy and family came for the weekend. Beck stopped in with her family and Sarah and her family made the treck over the mountain to join us for the annual Lake family gathering.

Sister Sal is doing better now. Her terrible accident left us all shaking and scared but she is rallying back now and we hope that she continues to improve and will be 100% back before the next busy holiday season. She is a trooper.

New Year's Eve will be uneventful here but that is okay as this ole gal is no longer a party person. Probably will wake up just before the stroke of mid-night to have a small sip of bubbily and then nod off again until daylight. Dick Clark will amaze us again and provide hope for these old bone to carry onward and upward for another year. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE ONE!

Wow, what a birthday!! The best birthday present ever arrived via a phone call from Billy tonight. I shall be forever sharing my special day with a very special new granddaughter. When I talked with Bill and Jessi the wee little one was only 4 minutes old. Not weighed in yet but doing fine. Jess sounded very tired and understandibly so. Bill assured me all were well at that point. He sounded pleased and relieved. Will wait until tomorrow to find out more details. Just so pleased that all is well. Hoping that Jess will be feeling better now. Wish I could see little Liam and Caelyn's face when they meet their new baby sister. When I didn't hear from Jess on my birthday the thought did cross my mind that she might be busy becoming a mom again. I even mentioned it to Beck and Scott when they were here. Had a very special birthday. Talked with all my children and now can turn in very happy on the 1st day of my 57th year.