Christmas with Janie, Steven and Madeline

We really enjoyed our Christmas dinner with Madeline, Janie and Steven!


Madeline really enjoyed presents from the Radicchis and her Grandpa and Grandma. We had a delicious dinner of prime rib, Steven's special corn recipe and Janie's traditional fettucine. It was a wonderful day with our loved ones and really "made" our Christmas.
Merry Christmas to all

Christmas Gifts!

Janet and I went to Church and heard a wonderful sermon entitled Christmas Eve in Heaven. I dont ever recall a sermon with this type emphasis on the birth of Jesus and it was very good.

Later we opened presents from each other and from Mark, Sophia and Rebecca. We received two very special gifts from them:

Janet (and I) were very pleased with a calendar that includes pictures of our family neatly placed in the month in which they were taken.



I could not be more grateful for (or more proud of) the gift that I received from Mark that he got in Iraq for me. The pictures (below) do not do justice to this nicely framed collection that includes a folded flag that flew over Phoenix Base in the Internation Zone in Baghdad, Irag in July 2008; a Certificate of Thanks for Support of our Men and Women in the Military and a mounted MNSTC -Iraq coin. This means a lot to me!!

On Christmas day we are visiting with my Mom, my brothers and sisters and look forward to it.

We are also looking forward to dinner and another special Christmas celebration with Steven, Madeline and Janie on Friday!