December 25 - 27, 1968 Christmas

The BIG kids table!

Wednesday, December 25, 1968 Christmas, COLD

Our second Christmas in the new house. A very cold day. It was 18 or 20 below in evening. Fern, Lloyd and Aunt Ava here when we opened our gifts, Dorothea and family and Betty and family all here. We all had a very nice Christmas, lots of gifts for everyone. Kids, all three, had a good time. Dinner Turkey, stuffing, onions, turnip, shell beans, fruit burridge, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, olives, celery, pickles, cranberry sauce. Rolls, dark bread, salad, custard pie, pecan pie, which cream cake, cookies, a chocolate cream roll. Coffee, milk. In evening very cold. Bob and family called, Dot called. Walt went back to Concord. Betty and kids stay down. Pueblo crew freed. Astronauts made a successful trip around the moon.

Thursday, December 26, 1968 Very cold 20 below this morning

A beautiful day, but very cold all day. We didn’t do much. Kids played with some of their new toys. Carmen all good and no asthma until late afternoon or early evening, she came down with an asthma attack. Didn’t do too much today. Billie didn’t feel very good tonight. Carmen came down with asthma.

Friday, December 27, 1968 Not so cold

Not so cold. Very clear and nice. In p.m. Betty and I went to Norway and around to take Dorothea’s sweater back to exchange it. Fern came up and stayed with the kids. Came home, got supper. Betty and I to town to grocery shop. Then Fern was here for supper. She, Billie, Betty and Kim to Westbrook to see Dorothea. They got most of the paneling on Dorothea’s living room. She had a lot of company. Carmen still has asthma trouble. Betty and I took her to doctors. He gave her some medicine for her asthma. Got to go back tomorrow morning for x-rays. Walt had two teeth out. Didn’t sleep too well last night. Astronauts landed back all safe today. Carmen quite sick with asthma.