Our list

In the midst of most of our family and friends being in a huge snow storm; I thought it would be an appropriate time to share our list. Chris and I have been making a list of all the reasons we love Florida. Here are just a few to share with you.

1. We had our back door open while discussing the church kids Christmas party.

2. Little old women at our church are more concerned about Micah being too hot, rather then too cold.

3. I now debate if should get the Peppermint Mocha Frappacino from Starbucks.

4. We got to take Christmas pictures at the beach.

5. We see way more of Santa~ here he is in his swimsuit more then his snowsuit.

6. My coworkers started singing, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" last week when it was 60 degrees outside.

7. If I get stuck for hours on the interstate, it's probably because of traffic, and most likely, there is no danger of me freezing to death. (I may get mugged, but that's for another list)

8. We live within about five to ten minutes of any major shop you can imagine.

9. When it is cold, the weather people almost always say, "it's not going to get back up to 70 until..." (when we lived in Iowa, I remember distinctly the man saying, we won't see double digits all week)

10. Finally, we put the bow on top our Christmas tree while listening to music....from the ice cream truck as it came down the street.

Chris' family have all been swapping pictures this weekend of the view from their houses. Here is my little family yesterday at the Shriner's Christmas Party, riding ponies, playing outside. Thanks to Mr. Mathews for the invite. We do love the Sunshine State.

Florida Christmas

So we were thinking about mailing out Christmas cards this year. Then we thought:
who are we kidding? We'll never get that together. It's us and that requires addresses, stamps, post office, and most of all time. But, I do love these pictures, so I simply must share.

From our little family to yours, MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY NEW YEAR, AND MOST OF ALL:
HAPPY FLORIDA (Where it's still warm and I turned on the AC today.)
PS. Just watched the weather, to all our Iowa friends and Minnesota relatives, if truth be told, I do miss a good snow day every now and then. It looks rough up there, have some hot chocolate for us. We love you all!

Santa

I've got a lot to type and no time to type it, so here is our Santa picture this year.