Merry Christmas!

This is the second Christmas without my Mom. I miss my parents very much. This morning Kevin and I went to Mass as the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at Notre Dame. We sang all of my dad's favorite Christmas hymns. It was very hard keeping back the tears.

Kevin and I are going to spend time today with family in Ft. Wayne. My Aunt Kathy is hosting Christmas this year. For the meat, she is serving ham. My mom always made Grandma's Creamed Potatoes with ham. My mom put the recipe in her "Good Stuff, Vol 1" cookbook so I thought it was her's. I did not realize the recipe was Grandma's until I read the recipe card from my mom's recipe box and it was written in Grandma's handwriting. You can tell by the spots on the card that the recipe was made often.

Since we are traveling, I cooked them in the Crock Pot instead of baking them. They look great!

Enjoy them as much as our family has over the many years!