Friday - December 15

Dreary, cold and windy......Mark exercised, we took a load of stuff to storage and then loaded up the car with clothes, stuff and presents for big weekend coming up and then to North Carolina.
 
Checked out of Eastland Suites and were on our way by 10:20.     Stopped for a light lunch at the Uptown Grille in LaSalle - always so good.
 
Visited my cousin Jim at the nursing home and then to see Aunt Marian at Stonecroft.    Lots of newsy catch-up and helped Jim open his Christmas cards and tape to wall.    He got 7 today - more than we've been getting!!!
 
Jim and Pat
 
Aunt Marian
 
Now we are at Bob and Linda's and ready to celebrate a Dinges Christmas....Ron and Vicki are back from Florida and the 6 of us had a wonderful dinner at Brandy's in Peru.    We came back to Bob and Linda's and played 6-handed euchre with the girls winning 2 out of 3.  

Mark, Pat, Vicki, Linda, Bob, Ron
 
Enjoyed delicious grasshopper pie dessert and then called it a night.     We will all be together in 2 weeks for our cousin's wedding.
 
Tomorrow, onto Dixon for Chamberlain Christmas gathering!
 
Today was pajama day at Luke's school + Santa
 

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