Gram has been doing incredibly well for her "Christmas" visit with everybody. When Dad came in she recognized him instantly, called him by name, and asked how MN was treating him. She remembered enough to ask then if Kay was coming as well, but took our answer of "not right now" very well.

We took dinners and breakfasts with Gram in her room every day. On our Christmas Eve we had four adults in her room with her; two in wheelchairs for seats, one in her wingback chair, and one on it's stool. Gram looked at us all and joked "well this is all kinds of formal, isn't it? Or it would be if you got your feet off the table!" So I pulled my feet down from the foot of her bed while she grinned at me, and we had a lovely dinner. Afterwards we lit up our traditional angel chimes and spoke of our appreciation at being together. Then we sang carols for about half an hour, and Bebe joined us in singing for most of the traditional ones. It was so sweet, and she had such a beautiful smile on her face. 

We all followed this with our traditional breakfast the next day, and Gram explained to us who Mrs. Hess was, that our coffee cake recipe came from. Overall it was a beautiful visit and Gram continues to be very high energy and very cheerful and interactive. I'm really impressed with how well she did. She loved watching the kids play, and continues to talk about that as well. We're all grateful to have had the opportunity to share a holiday together, as well as sharing memories of holidays past.