Happy New Year!

But, before Happy New Year, came Christmas Day in Florida!  We .....

..... carefully set up the cards from our relatives and friends - we received these at the Villa and it was so nice to know that people were thinking about us!  Then we.....

..... put up a really cute Christmas ornament that we had received.  This is a knitted replica of Santa's entire Chirstmas wardrobe to keep him warm while he is delivering presents all night!  So adorable!  After church on Christmas Eve (At Corpus Christi in Celebration), we retired to bed with the bears feeling quite excited about Santa coming.  When we got up in the morning.....

.... sure enough Santa had found them and left them each a present!  Inside they found a chocolate bear  and a chocolate bar for each of them and....

........ they each got a pair of slippers!  They were so excited, they insisted on putting them on right away and wearing them all day!  After we had breakfast and tidied up, we went over to....

.... spend the rest of the day with Liz and Denis.  We had a most wonderful turkey dinner with all the trimmings and a very enjoyable evening.  As it turned out.....

.... the bears each got another present!  Of course, after that all Squeegie wanted to do was go back to the villa so he could eat pretzels and peanut butter cups!  Thank you to Liz and Denis for a great Christmas dinner and the presents!  Take note of Poppa's nifty Floridian shirt!  After dinner we went.....

........... out to admire the Christmas lights in Florida.  It always surprises me how much people decorate for the season in the warm climate...................

............ but as you can see............

........ they most certainly do decorate and the lights are gorgeous!  So..........

........ we are hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the best of everything in 2014!