Merry Christmas

I realize it has been a long time since you have seen me on this blog, but ......... well, I'm not really sure why it has been so long.  

I feel a need to write now and let you all know how blessed we feel.  This was our first Christmas in Arizona and it did feel a bit strange having no snow or cold weather for the holiday.  Our dear friend, Will DeBoer, said we would get used to it.  We met them for a Christmas breakfast at a historic hotel downtown Tucson for breakfast and we had NO heavy coats, gloves or scarves!!!

The first thing we noticed on Christmas morning as we were driving downtown Tucson was that there was no traffic - no car or foot traffic.  It was almost completely deserted.  It was actually fun driving around. 

Will and Linda had invited us to meet them for breakfast.  It was a lovely three hours with great food, a beautiful atmosphere and dear friends.

Thanks, Linda for letting me steal your pictures.

At 4:00 we had a Christmas dinner at our clubhouse.  The park furnishes the ham and we all bring dishes for our table of 16.  I believe we had 7 tables of 16 people at each table.  We brought a chocolate truffle for dessert and it sure looked good.  The food was great and the company fun.

Here are some pictures of our patio and street all decked out for the holidays:

 Christmas Eve we all put out luminaries and residents of the park went caroling to some of the older residents.  It was really pretty when they were all lit.

 Our front door

We didn't have a Christmas tree - just a light-up wreath.

We hope your Christmas was as blessed as ours.  Love to you all,

Gramma and MOM