Arizona, Mesa - Saturday, December 5, 2015 - Christmas Decorations

It’s a little hard to get into the Christmas spirit when the temperature is in the mid 70’s but I’m not going to complain at all.  We bought this wreath last year and it has been in the “basement” since then.  I was surprised, I just had to fluff the bow and it was good to go again.  We decided the coach could wear these hats this year.  We tried to wear them one day last year while we worked – that didn’t work, too darned hot!

 

 

The little orange tree in front of our site got a few fake snowflakes.  We strung some icicle lights and snowflakes on the awning over the patio but I think travel has been a little rough on the lights, we need to make a run to Lowe’s for replacements since less than half are lighting up.

Most of our inside decorations are on this wall since we have room for the garland above this slide out.  All of the ornaments we have collected as part of our travels hang from the garland.  This worked out nicely since there isn’t any room for a tree to hang them on.

Those of you from Pendleton, Indiana might recognize the building in the picture, it is the elementary school that was torn down many years ago.

My Pinterest exploring does pan out sometimes with more than just recipes.  I saw this window decoration last year and had to recreate it.

 

 

Yes, we still have one of these.  I keep seeing on Facebook people asking “do you remember these?” – stop it, it is making me feel old J

The dashboard trays have some of our smaller decorations – the reason for the season, a mini nativity scene. 

These Precious Moments Christmas figurines are some the kids have given me over the years.

The Longenberger baskets ride on the shelf above the refrigerator all year long but they needed a little holiday touch.  This teddy bear that daughter Desira made for me also rides up here all year long but his red and green coloring works perfect for right now.

The kitchen angel keeps watch over everything.  She’s also up there all year long, I need all the help I can get.

We actually did our decorating yesterday but we went square dancing last night and I was too tired to write the blog.  We are having a great time getting to know new people and getting some exercise as a plus.

Florida, Orlando - Sunday, December 29, 2013 - Elite RV Resort

Christmas Day was a travel day from Jacksonville to the Elite RV Resort in Clermont, just outside of Orlando.  I haven’t gotten out to take pictures yet, will have to do that before we leave on January 2.  We are only 18 or so miles away from the condos where the rest of the family is staying but with traffic it takes at least half an hour to get there.

Christmas Day afternoon Robyn, Jason and Maddie came out to our place because the condo wasn’t available yet.  So we got to have a nice visit sitting outside in the sunshine while Maddie played with her ball.  Even though we are on a corner lot with a good sized yard, it was just too tempting to not throw the ball underneath the coach so she managed to get herself into a “time out”.

 

On Thursday we fixed spaghetti at the condo for the Jones group of the Crosley clan and the grandkids opened their Christmas presents from us.  Jackson had called ahead while they were on the road and talked to Papaw Greg about this because he was concerned that we might forget this very important part of the visit.

It got a little hectic.  We had originally thought we would have the kids all come to the coach to open gifts, glad we didn’t we wouldn’t have had nearly enough room and the noise might have gotten us thrown out of the RV park.  We thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

 

The grandkids were able to get in the pool for a while on Friday, but blue lips soon set in.

Friday the family had a euchre tournament going on when we arrived.  We took the grandkids to the playground so they could run off some steam.  The whole group (24 in total) went to Sweet Tomatoes restaurant for supper.  This restaurant has a ridiculously large salad bar in addition to pasta, bread and desserts.  The only problem was we had to park about half a mile away in a dark area behind a local Burger King and then walk to the restaurant.  Traffic is just bumper to bumper in this part of town and getting around is a real pain. 

Saturday evening we went to the town of Celebration just outside of Orlando.  This is a beautiful little town that was originally part of Disney.  I’ll have some more facts on it later.  Greg and I are going back on Monday while the rest of the family goes to Sea World.  We ate at the Celebration Town Tavern on the square.  Greg had a lobster roll and I had a scallop roll, we were both pleased with our selections.

Today we stayed home because of the rainy weather, watching football on TV, reading and napping.