Has been a rather busy 3 months, culminating in the lead up to Christmas. Every year it seems to get worse. Dealing with Covid the past 3 years, not only at work being busier with covid PCR tests but the impact it has had on letting our parents see their family. This week after 3 months of planning, we spent a wonderful day in the Park under some shady trees, spending time together as a large family group. Last year we had planned a Boxing Day event but covid lockdown of Mum's care facility meant No Go. Same thing happened at Easter time. We have been successful in wheeling Mum down the street to their house for a birthday celebration (mind you a week later they were back in a lockdown). The nurses have worked out how to get her in and out of a car, last week she went on a driving tour of the district. This week we managed to get her down the park getting her out of the car without their help. We had all 3 children plus spouses, all 8 grandchildren and all 4 partners, all 12 great grandchildren present for an early low key christmas celebration, a BBQ in the park for lunch. This photo is pretty special, 9 years down to 9 months is the age span for the great grand children. It actually was pretty easy to organise, but, with quite a few of us dealing with shiftwork rosters, you have to start early in the planning for such an event.
Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I will be back with some art and quilting news soon, got a stint of night shifts to work through first and it seems covid is still on the rise. Hopefully for not much longer.
