Santa is almost here!

The weather has been excellent so far this winter, usually in the 70s.  Judy is in charge of the monthly bus trips to the Biloxi casinos and has been borrowing some wooden horses to play a game while on the bus.  She decided she wanted her own so here she is painting them.

  Here's a cute picture of Brianna photo bombing Jody and Dustin.

Our weekly Friday HitchHiker lunches started a few weeks ago so here's a picture of Paul & Dottie, Jenny & Craig, Tom & Heather, Joe & Sharon, Dave & Donna and Judy.

Judy likes to walk on the beach and caught a picture on the Blue Angels as they practiced.

Here's the HH gang at Mikees again, this time Steve & Susy were here.  They have been in FL and are here for a few days as they head west to TX to visit family for Christmas then the RGV for the winter.  Kay & Charlie are here too this week.

Judy likes LA BBQ so we had to make one more lunch before Steve and Susy head west and Paul & Dottie also depart.

Donna has been blessed with the talent of giving back massages and will often walk behind us after luch and give us all a message. Steve is enjoying his! 

Judy's walking, Brianna & Dustin getting ready for Christmas

Friday night was a warm up (it was cold) for the Gulf Shores Christmas parade.  Judy will be one of the walkers and wanted to test her warm clothing layering technique before the parade so she walked with the float through the park.  I guess either her hands were cold or fell off. 

Here's the parks float, it was built by the snowbirds a few years ago and is hauled out, repaired and painted as needed each year.  They also use it in February for the Mardi Gras parades. 

                                              Don't Skip and Kay look so excited below?

                                                        Here's Brianna & Dustin dressed for a Christmas party!

                                                   And here's the kids with THE man!

Thanksgiving

In the morning Devyn was watching Renato and Brianna fly a kite. It was windy enough that Brianna had trouble holding onto it.

Don & Zola joined us for Thanksgiving, here's the fellows resting up to eat while dinner is finishing cooking.

Wonder what there were thinking?  Yup, it will be a long drive back to Michigan?

                              Do you think there are happy?

                                        Three generations

Yes, I was there too.  I had a birthday and this is my hamburger......well cake!

Play time!

Renato's mother and brother Roger and his family came over for the day from Biloxi to visit and we all went to The Track for some fun.

                       Here's Renato catching up to his sister in law with Devyn behind them.

                        The herd rumbles at the downhill turn.

           After the track time Brianna & Dustin took to the air.

                   Then it was off to the horse track with granny.

                              Ya gotta take a train ride too!

And now it's time for the water bumper boats with healthy squirt guns. 

Family time

All the kids stayed in a rented condo in Orange Beach so we spent lots of time there.  While Judy, Jody & Devyn entertained and played with Brianna and Dustin Randy & Renato were busy in the kitchen.

The gangs all here!!

Jody, Renato, Brianna & Dustin are here for Thanksgiving AND Randy and Devyn surprised us by coming down too!

All three grand kids love the water so after burning up some energy here at the campground playground the next stop was the pool.  Here's Devyn with Dustin, Judy, then Jody with Brianna. The guys are not water bugs like the ladies and kids.

I didn't make it to the zoo one day but Judy took this shot with Devyn and a lemur.