November 30, 2017

It is hard to believe that it is the last day of November. Christmas and the end of the year is fast approaching. We finally finished decorating for Christmas today. I love having a mantel to hang our our stockings from. Allison decorated the mantel with the snow villages that we got from Grandma Struchen. I love having this little piece of her in our home. She loved Christmas and the girls really loved her and all the time that they got to spend with her.
Tonight Kevin and I went with Allison to a meeting for her Europe trip next summer. It sounds like she is going to have a lot of fun. Kevin and I wish that we could go with her. She is going to London, Paris, Switzerland and Munich. It is going to be so much fun.
When we got home from the meeting we talked with Madison and had family prayer together. I love that technology makes it so easy to communicate with her and share in her day. After being home for Thanksgiving she is interested in broadening her daily diet. She has been sending me pictures so that I can see how healthy she has been eating. I remember those college days and the limited groceries that I had. I am glad that I am figuring things out.