Merry Christmas to all. It was a busy week. On Tuesday I drove to corsicana to pick up mother to then drive to Lufkin. On Wednesday we drove with Neilla and Greg to Houston for my Uncle James' funeral. I then rode back to Corsicana to pick up my car with Beth and Doug. I drove home so I could drive down to Houston with Lynda on Thursday. We stayed with Lynda's brother Billy and their mother Hope, till Saturday.Christmas day we ate lunch with Lynda's sister Nancy and her husband Mark at their home. They have three lovely teenage daughters, Lacy,Jodie andRobbie. We drove home only to drive back to Corsicana on Sunday to get together with all of my family. Nothing says holidays like lunch at The Old Mexican Inn. I loved getting together with all of my family this Christmas. It really is special to have a loving family. This has been a long and hard year, hopefully 2010 will be better for everyone.

I love you all, Bob

What a happy Thanksgiving! Lynda went to Houston for the weekend to see her family, while I stayed to see all of mine. We got together at Beth and Doug's to have the traditional Thanksgiving. I ate second helpings for the first time in months. With mothers dressing, sweet potatoes, green bean cassarole, mashed potatoes, turkey and ham, who could not get seconds? It was good to see everyone, including Katie. She missed the last two Thanksgivings to be on her mission trip to Marselle, France. She said escargo just is not the same as my greenbean cassarole.(ha ha).

On Tuesday I went to the doctors office and got the results of my latest bone marrow biopsy. They said I was in complete remission of my multiple myeloma. The prayers, cards, and well wishes worked to help me get thru all the treatments to get to this point. I can not thank everyone for all the strength I have felt from all those cards and well wishes I received. Today it snowed big beautiful flakes of snow. It didn't last long and melted quickly. I felt it was a blessing, showing me how beautiful life is, even if it doesn't last as long as we want. We have to appreciate what we have while we have it. It is the little things in life God gives us that are so precious. The love of family and friends are what I cannot thank God enough for. I love you all, thank you.