Last Saturday we went out to dinner with some of our friends. It was not only a get together to celebrate Christmas but also to celebrate our friend Dick's birthday. Dick's wife Joan usually hosts a party at her house for Christmas but this year it just didn't work out with her schedule. She canceled her party all together so I suggested that we get together for dinner.
We met everyone at Cactus Creek, there were 8 of us all together for dinner. Cactus Creek was not too busy and we had an enjoyable evening with alot of laughs. We spent two hours for dinner. The food was good and company great.
We had to bring some Amish butter to give our friends. This is the best butter and the only two places in Montana to get it is Hardin and Bozeman. The butter comes in two pound rolls and we brought three for our friend Sandi and then we gave one to Joan. Joan is the baker in the bunch, her father owned the bakery in Lead SD when she was growing up. When Joan bakes stuff, she bakes enough to feed an Army.
Joan invited the three of us to her house to eat on Christmas Day, she felt sad for us because our family wasn't coming home for Christmas. Joan's sister just recently moved to Billings from Colorado Springs so we got to meet her. Joan asked when was the last time each of us had the whole family together for Christmas.
I got to thinking about it and I don't think we have had our whole family together for Christmas since we were in high school and that has been many, many years. We may have to plan on that in a few years, but logistically don't know how we will manage it.
It was so nice having all of my kids together for Mom's party and just think how much fun it would be to have all umpteen of us together for Christmas.
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You are probably right on the high school bit. Someone was always missing. We should try for the three 50's this year. Christmas time is not a good time to get together. Summer is better.
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