Merry Christmas to all our family and friends. May the birth of our Savior remind us of the best gift of all, the forgiveness of our sins and everlasting life with God.
We are in southern Florida and the 82 degree sunny weather was just fine by us. We spent the day with Caryn, Jason, and Brayden, along with Jason's brother, Morgan, his girlfriend, Margie, and her twin sister, Janine. Mitch made a great rosemary encrusted rack of lamb with a peppercorn merlot sauce. Yummy! We also had mashed parsnips, grilled asparagus, artichokes with a black olive aeoli, spinach and strawberry salad, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Yes, we were full!
Santa was good to Brayden. He played all day with his new train track with Thomas the Train and his aiplane complete with passengers and airport.
Back in snowy Minnesota, Shayne said Addy loved her new live kitty--that's what she wanted. This kitty doesn't eat real food, but purrs and moves, and even licks its paws. I wonder how Kitty Precious feels about this new addition. Addy also loved her new Brett Favre jersey. What a girl!!
Our Christmas presents will hopefully give us some good workout time. We are enjoying our new Electra Townie bikes. They are a little different from regular bikes. The pedals are forward so you sit with your feet flat on the ground and when you ride you are in an almost upright position--much more comfortable than what we had before. Of course a 10 mile ride down here is as flat as a pancake so we're saving the gears for Minnesota!
Notice there is NO SNOW is our front yard!!!
The evening started a couple of weeks ago when Mitch decided he could do a rib dinner for the RV Park. He figured out how to "say it in French" and ended up with nearly everyone (and all their friends) signing up for dinner. So shopping we went, and Norton (our neighbor and sous chef) got here just in time to help cook those ribs. The dinner turned out great and the after dinner party was a lot of fun. Even Brayden was entertained!
Deb, Mitch's sister, and husband Mike, spend Christmas on the Keys and we decided to visit them instead of waiting for them to come to us. We had a fun afternoon chatting at their campsite in Long Key State Park and then visiting the Marathon beach and marina and eventually ending up with a nice dinner on the dock. Check out that sunset.
We are in southern Florida and the 82 degree sunny weather was just fine by us. We spent the day with Caryn, Jason, and Brayden, along with Jason's brother, Morgan, his girlfriend, Margie, and her twin sister, Janine. Mitch made a great rosemary encrusted rack of lamb with a peppercorn merlot sauce. Yummy! We also had mashed parsnips, grilled asparagus, artichokes with a black olive aeoli, spinach and strawberry salad, and bread pudding with whiskey sauce. Yes, we were full!
Our Christmas presents will hopefully give us some good workout time. We are enjoying our new Electra Townie bikes. They are a little different from regular bikes. The pedals are forward so you sit with your feet flat on the ground and when you ride you are in an almost upright position--much more comfortable than what we had before. Of course a 10 mile ride down here is as flat as a pancake so we're saving the gears for Minnesota!
However, we partied with the Quebeqois this Christmas Eve. After church, we joined our friends at the community room decorated with a real Christmas tree and full of chatter and laughter. Besides sitting on Santa's lap to open our present, we enjoyed a variety of tasty foods for a late night supper.
The weeks are filled with things to do. (It takes to long to upload pictures, so there are only highlights!)
