It's tough for a Mom to adjust to having her children leave the nest, at least for this Mom it's been tough. I cried for days when Spencer moved out. Having him home with us along with the addition of Ashley, his wife, was an absolute joy.
As you can see from this picture, I've got some pretty good looking kids (just ignore the silly face Spencer's making.... he's just a good looking kid). Oh, by the way, can you see that Evan is now taller than Spencer? Evan has grown like crazy this last year.
Sadly we're missing Todd from the picture. Poor Todd. Just two days before Christmas Todd had surgery on his shoulder to repair some damage done after a skiing accident dislocated his shoulder. The accident had happened early December and it took some time to determine if he would need surgery. Once it was discovered he needed surgery we decided to move forward as quickly as possible so he could recover more quickly and avoid taking a lot of time off from work, which resulted in surgery just two days before Christmas. No fun. He's been such a trooper and was involved with all our family fun but generally spent his time laying on the couch or resting, which resulted in missing him in our family picture.
Say your prayers for a quick recover for Todd. He really struggles with not being in tip-top-shape and keeping busy. Recovery from this injury will be a long, slow process and that's tough. Say a little prayer for him.
On Christmas Eve we had my parents over for a Christmas Eve family dinner. We love having them over and, of course, had to capture the moment since we don't get to have Spencer with us very often.
Here's my Pops with his two oldest grandchildren, my wonderful sons, Spencer and Evan.
Here's Mom and Dad with my three crazy, wonderful, beautiful children.
My favorite picture of all. My sweet oldest child who said he missed me and missed my cooking. Isn't that just the nicest thing a son can say to his Mother?
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