Rounding Up The Family

Our holiday visits with all the family really began with Thanksgiving at Jonathan and Kahran’s house where we were with all the Davis boys and their families.  After a working trip to Utah and Texas, we were back with the Davis boys in Fearrington Village where I, for the twenty-ninth year, told Stories for A Holiday Season to raise food for the CORA Food Bank.  Between performance days, we got to visit and exchange gifts with family.

Opening Presents with the Davis Boys.

Following our trip to the Baltimore Estate, we drove up to Lake Orion, Michigan to visit with Trish’s mother, Betty, and her brothers, Jerry, Wayne, Doug, and their families, and have Christmas cheer (mostly food) there.  It was a great time as we ignored the twelve degree temperature and stayed inside with family and food.

Trish with her mother, Betty, and brothers, Jerry and Wayne.

We left Michigan and drove back to Goldsboro, NC, where Trish’s daughter, Betsie, and her two children, Mac and Beckham, joined us for a Christmas visit with Trish’s son, Greg’s,  family.

Trish with Betsie and Greg.

 We ate more food and had gifts to open with Greg and his wife, Annette, and their children, Mallory, Jake, and Luke.

Jake, Luke, and Mallory.

Finally...we got back home on December 23rd so we could begin to work hard at doing absolutely NOTHING for Christmas.  We are still living in the garage but a bit of work is beginning to take place in the house, and, we now have a new hot water heater in the garage so we can be comfortably clean.

It is the best Christmas ever!