Snowy Range Pass

Snowy Range Pass

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Another record



This is not one of the those you put on the wall records, but a new length of time between blog posts.  We have remained reasonably busy including a trip to northern GA to visit our grandson's family.  This was a long weekend and nearly a thousand mile adventure.






We took Victoria to the local privately owned zoo, which hosted a very nice Christmas display supporting the U S Marine's Toys for Tots program on the night of our visit.







Our Winnebago club gathered at the  Topsail Resort State Park for their annual Christmas celebration campout.  This is a great place to spend some time, if you are in the Florida panhandle.







We have also been busy with annual physicals that resulted in some unexpected additional visits and admittedly some stress.  We hope to be finished with all of that early in the new year.

Finally, we have been decorating a house for Christmas for the first time in seven years!  Our daughter Katie and SIL Dain have been able to join us from Ohio for the holiday. On Dec 5th, we celebrated the Dutch tradition of St Nicholas arriving and leaving small presents in our wooden shoes.





We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!           

17 comments:

Gail Houle said...

Merry Christmas! Hope all the medical issues resolve themselves favorably in the new year.

Love the panhandle and those pictures are excellent :)

Travels with Emma said...

Were those yummy Dutch chocolates in your wooden shoes?

Paul and Marti Dahl said...

You kids look so cute sitting on that bench at the beach. :c)

Merry Christmas! Don't worry, there is still time to get Victoria just one more present...

where's weaver said...

Love the photo of you two eating cereal. So real.

What a wonderful display of lights.

I have never heard of the St. Nichols tradition and wooden shoes. Thanks for sharing one of your traditions.

Merry Christmas to you and the family.

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Laura said...

It seems that you are keeping busy now that you are gounded by a foundation. Your new little camper seems to be ideal for what you want it for. So lucky to have the best of both worlds. Enjoy your time with family :-)

Bob and Jo said...

Hope all is well medically

Merry Christmas

Mike and Terri said...

Hope you receive good news on your medical tests.

Merry Christmas!

Sue and Doug said...

Merry Christmas to you both and your family too..enjoy the first Christmas in your new home!! looks very festive!!!

Roadrunner Chronicles said...

Nice tree! Merry Christmas from Key West!

Karen and Al said...

Merry Christmas. I hope you won't have any more medical problems in the coming year.

Erin said...

Great header photo ... and I love those little Dutch wooden clogs with the gifts. Hope all's well and the medical issues that resulted in unexpected visits back to the doc have been resolved.

Rick said...

Merry Christmas to you both and to your entire family.

Lots of terrific photos but my favourite is your header pic with Victoria and Santa Claus.

Loved the wooden shoes one too!

Sherry said...

I'm with Rick. Great picture of victoria and Santa. And I love the wooden shoes and their traditions. Glad you posted, I was wondering what happened to you. Should have known you were just too busy having a good time.
Happy Holiday!!

Jim and Sandie said...

And a truly Merry Christmas wish for you and your family. Here's hoping that 2013 is a much better year medically for many of us.

Elaine said...

A very Merry Christmas ...hope all the medical issues get over and done with really soon...beautiful tree :)

Wanderin' said...

A very Merry Christmas!

Jim and Judy said...

Enjoy the rest of the holidays.