Merry Christmas!!

Family Christmas in Flowery Branch

On the 23rd we traveled to Jody and Renato's home for Christmas, Randy and Devyn also drove down from Michigan with Molly on the 24th.  Devyn's boyfriend, Dan, will fly in from FL late on Christmas day. The Bahnmiller clan has gathered. We have rented a condo to stay in with Randy while Devyn and Molly stay with Jody, Renato, Brianna, Dustin and their dogs.
It was a very wet trip and as usual we went through Atlanta during the afternoon rush.  Atlanta was very foggy.

Renato has planned a hog shoulder for the Christmas dinner.  He has dug a pit in the back yard and he and Randy will cook it in there for a day.

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.