The picture is of the ornaments that Randy and Cass made. Randy I picked them up today. Randy made the orangish one and Cass's is blue (her favorite color).
Today was a pretty nice relaxing day. We all went to church for the candle lit service. From there, we all went out separate ways. Randy's parents took Cass and went Christmas shopping. Randy and I went down to pick up the ornaments. When we got back, Randy attempted to make another white chocolate cheesecake. The one he made for Thanksgiving turned out very nice, but today he got a little confused on the recipe and added a bit much heavy cream. We went ahead and cooked it, but it was suppose be for our neighbors and we didn't want to risk it turning out bad so we ended up just buying a white chocolate cheesecake for them. We might brave trying the one Randy made tomorrow. Normally, he makes an excellent cheesecake. What happened, though, was that the recipe is for cheesecake with Brandy sauce and we don't make the brandy sauce ~ we usually top it with rasberry sauce. The recipe says 1 1/2 cup of heavy cream, but 1 cup of that is for the sauce. Randy put the entire 1 1/2 cup into the cheesecake!
As he was making it, Randy's parents dropped Cass off. She isn't a big shopper and was ready to come home. She worked on getting her room clean for her Aunt Melinda who is flying in tonight from California.
Randy made dinner tonight (simple BLT sandwhiches) and then Randy's parents took Cass and headed to a candle lit service at another church and then headed to the airport to pick up Randy's sister. Randy and I had a very nice relaxing evening hanging out in our living room by the fire listening to Christmas music. There were quite a few times tonight that little mannerisms Randy use to always do kind of popped out. I also noticed that quite often, as he was talking to me, the monotoneness that is now often in his speech disappeared throughout tonight and he sounded a bit more like himself. It was a very nice day.
I feel so blessed with all that we have. Life isn't what I thought it would be like right now. We have had many changes throughout the year. At the start of 2006, we had just come back from Disneyland. As the year progressed, Randy and I became busy with both working full time and going to school. Everything changed mid-point. We were put on a new path that included meeting many new people (for me, anyway ~ all of those amazing Boeing people!) and making new friends. Instead of student, I took on the role of caregiver, rehab coach, and cheerleader. I have gained so much more from those roles than I ever did in any class I have taken. I have so much to be thankful for this Christmas season.
We hope everyone out there has a very Merry Christmas.
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