December rushed by so quickly. On January 1st I began to de-Christmas the house. That was emotional. We prepare, decorate, bake, wrap gifts, cook, and BOOM, Christmas comes before we are ready and is over before we are ready.
We were so delighted that our family all made it home. It was a long trek for our daughter LaShawn her husband Liam and our son Donovan driving in from Nashville, TN. LaShawn and Liam arrived on Dec. 21st, Donovan left Nashville on Dec. 23rd and drove for 26 hours through snow blizzards and sub-zero 
temps. He got held up in traffic on the interstate due to accidents. They all made it home safely. Children and traveling sure keeps Mom and Dad praying! LaDawn and the grandkids arrived on Dec. 24th, just a couple hours earlier than Donovan. That's about as close to Christmas Eve as you can get!
As our tradition goes, we went up to my mothers, Julie Brook's, for potluck dinner and watched her open her gifts and read the Christmas story. There were 15 of us there. She has had 93 Christmases, what a blessing for the family.
After that we went back to our home and opened some gifts. What a joy it was for Larry and I to hear all the laughter, sibling stories, and giggles from the grandchildren. The house was alive until about 2am. We played games and snacked, etc. We were all so tired, but no one wanted to miss out on one moment of Christmas.
around the fireplace and watched old videos of the children when they were young. What a precious time. On Friday after Christmas we had a Larry Lundstrom family bowling party. We were the only ones in the bowling alley. What fun! Of course, I was the overseer, I watched everyone else bowl and my excuse was that I didn't want to show them up. (Actually, since my leg injury 3 years ago, I am still unable to do a few things.) 
our son. I didn't want to let him go, but away he went. A couple hours later, LaDawn and Dante packed the car and off they went. I walked back into the living room and the silence was defining. All the laughter, giggles, and hustle and bustle was gone - it was total silence. Except we got to keep our granddaughter Myanna with us for 6 more days. She kept the sparkle going and really soothed our hearts.
went forward to receive Christ."
To God Be the Glory,
Pastor Blane Huston
Outreach Pastor, Celebration Church, Lakeville, MN
We are now packing for the next tour and will be flying out January 14th to Florida where we will start our ministry tour. We look forward to a warm climate after this unusual winter of blizzards and sub-zero temps. Larry's ready to put the snow shovel down and pick up his Bible to get to preaching again.- W.R. Hunt
The New Years - Starting a new diet again?
A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, "Boys and girls, what do we know about God?"
A hand shot up in the air. "He's an artist!" said the kindergarten boy.
"Really? How do you know?" the teacher asked.
A minister walked in line to have his car filled with gas just before a long holiday weekend. The attendant worked quickly, but there were many cars ahead of him in front of the service station. Finally, the attendant motioned him toward a vacant pump.
"Reverend," said the young man, "sorry about the delay. It seems as if everyone waits until the last minute to get ready for a long trip."
RECIPE
White Fudge
4 ½ cups sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
½ lb. butter or margarine 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup sour cream 1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow creme
Boil together about 12 minutes. Take from heat and add nuts and marshmallow creme. Beat 2 minutes and put in 9x13 pan. Cut into pieces when cool.
Don't want to spend a lot time on oven cleaning? Place ammonia (about 1 cup) in an aluminum pie pan and place it in the oven overnight. In the morning, simply remove the pan and wipe the oven clean with a damp sponge. If you do this often (about once a month) you won't have to spend money on harmful chemicals to do the job.