1/3/16 - On 12/21, Teresa, Aunt Ada and I made two batches of cookies.  We made the peanut butter cookies with a chocolate kiss on top and then buttermilk cookies.  It was a quiet day and we actually only baked the peanut butter cookies since the buttermilk dough needed to be kept in the refrigerator overnight.

On 12/22, we made the buttermilk cookies in the morning, drove to Fort Smith to pick up Cousin Robyn from the airport and stopped off for a great lunch at Cheddars.

On 12/23, we got ready for a office party luncheon.  Ron's office staff and partner were all there for a great luncheon.  The partner's wife also helped Teresa with the food.  It was nice meeting some of his staff.  There are two physicians and a NP in his clinic.  It is a family practice clinic.  Of course, with my experience in the medical field, I find it always very interesting to hear about his day.  Ron has been practicing in this clinical setting for quite a few years.  In the late afternoon, Lauren, Erin and a friend of Lauren's drove in from Dallas.

Christmas Day - we got up in the morning, Ron read the Christmas story and then we opened gifts.  Since there was a late breakfast, we had a 3:00pm lunch.  A tradition in their house is not to have the turkey or ham since that all happened over Thanksgiving.  I watched Teresa and the girls make beef enchiladas.  It was very interesting and I have decided that it is something that I can make myself.  It was a wonderful lunch/dinner.

On 12/26, plans had been for a shopping day but it started raining and sometimes pouring and the shopping center is outside so that was cancelled.  We did have breakfast at Cracker Barrel with a Mom and two daughters that were close friends.  It was nice meeting them.  In between all of these activities, we did play alot of family games which was a lot of fun.