Orlando vacation day 1

Wow! Whose idea was it to go to Orlando the weekend before Christmas? Oh right, mine. We left on Friday after work and arrived at the Doubletree Castle Friday night. It was beautiful, and right when we got to our room, we saw fireworks in the distance from the window of our turret room. It was a great start to the vacation!

TPD Christmas Dinner

George performed his annual Christmas ritual, cooking for TPD's Christmas dinner. On the 17th, the meats were smoked by a motley gang of current and retired TPD officers, including George Jr. and Sr. Then on the 18th, George served his fellow officers and I him there for a plate of food. Like every year, the food was excellent. Don't those turkeys and hams look tasty?

Danny's Christmas Play

On Danny's actual birthday, the 12th, Danny's school put on a Christmas program. Danny was the Angel Gabriel, Messenger of God to Mary and Joseph.

After taking some time to prepare (see the 1st photo), he made a wonderful Gabriel speaking his lines out very clearly. I was very proud! Afterwards, they had birthday cake for Jesus, and then we took our "star" out for his birthday dinner at Chilis. It was a great day!
Then on Saturday, we went to the Killearn United Methodist Living Nativity called "Follow the Star". For those of you not in our city, the church builds a small town of Bethlehem that you can drive through (or ride the hayride for a more "real" experience). The story of the birth of Jesus is acted out by church members, and people come from all over town to see it. We were going to ride on the hayride, but Megan wasn't feeling well, so we drove through. It is always a sight, and if you live here, it is definitely worth going.

Party time

We celebrated Christmas with tthe Creamers and the Morets on Dec. 7th, and the kids had a great time playing with their cousins.

Here is a pic of all ten of the kids. They are getting so big!

Christmas decorating

It has been a little while so I'm catching up. Just had to get a few of the kids decorating. on the 6th. We had planned to decorate after Danny's party, but had to wait because of the torrential rains. Oh well. Looks great anyway.