Weekend in Alabama

We spent the weekend before Christmas in Alabama with my parents. We traveled on Friday afternoon and arrived Friday evening. Ran into some terrible mall traffic complicated by a wreck. When we got there, Mom had fondue waiting for us! What a treat!

Saturday was spent golfing (the boys) and shopping (the girls, minus Lauren who wanted to sleep late). We had Vel, Roy, and Papaw Peck over for dinner that night. Papaw looks great, by the way. He's gained back some weight and looks much less frail, though he can barely hear anything. He must feel very isolated in groups of people because he can't hear what's going on. After dinner, cash was handed out to the girls. Papaw Peck received a fleece vest from us.

We went to the Alex City branch with Mom on Sunday. They only have a two hour block of meetings (no Sunday School). Lauren and Holly got the scoop on the history of the building . . . it used to be a Baptist Church and then it became a Putt-Putt and a Karate Dojo, then it became our church.

We drove back home on Monday afternoon. The weather was beautiful, traffic was easy, and the Christmas music was blaring. The girls snapped some photos of the colorful sky.