I can't be two places at once

The third Sunday evening in December is always the Christmas party for the bus drivers. Bill Regan is the owner of the buses in Blooming Prairie, Hayfield, Owatonna, Medford and a few other towns. He, along with his family, give the bus drivers and their spouses a scrumptious dinner. 

This year our Christmas program was the third Sunday evening as well. Usually, there is no event planned for the third Sunday. 

What should we do? 

We decided to go to the party. We took a box of cookies for Bill and Sally and their family as a thank you for letting us borrow the buses. He will never let us pay for the use of the buses. (Homemade cookies and candies crafted with care, then our school children form an assembly line, arrange them in gift boxes and we give one box to each family when we go caroling.)

Bill is going to have a birthday this week. He will be 91 years young. Unfortunately,  he couldn't be at the party Sunday night because of poor health. His daughter got him on the phone and asked us all to sing Happy Birthday to him. 

It is a sad time for their family, but they are all taking care of their dad and enjoying this time with him while he's still here.

When we got back to Blooming Prairie there was a light dusting of snow on the ground.

The Christmas program was recorded so we'll get to listen to the songs.