Christmas in Dixie

In spite of the cold we had a most wonderful Christmas with Caroline and the Paradise family.  Kelly graciously invited the entire family over Christmas Eve evening to exchange gifts and eat some more of that awesome Southern cooking.  Phil was about to excite away when he opened his new Nintendo DS and Lincoln joined right in on the fun of opening gifts and squealing with delight.

Brandon and Lori drove in at 7:00am Christmas morning so we were all present under the Christmas tree to see Phil wake up to discover that Santa had indeed arrived.  Again, Lincoln joined in with the celebration and even forgot that he had a bottle overdue.  After enjoying Caroline's quiche for breakfast we began to heat up the casseroles that Caroline had so thoughtfully prepared at Thanksgiving so that we wouldn't have to cook so much on Christmas morning.  Yeah!  Sam deep fried the turkey and Smithfield supplied the ham so we were set!  Later on in the early evening it began to snow and I awoke every hour on the hour to look out the window at the snow.

Billy and I packed up the motor home in the snow and drove away at about 10:00 am.  It took us over two hours to drive 50 miles before we were able to drive out of the snow.  We were on snow covered roads that had not yet been driven on.  After driving out of the snow we soon discovered that it is COLD in South Georgia and Alabama.  We are staying at Pecan RV park in Dothan, AL for a few days and then heading to McDill Air Force Base in Tampa to be with Jackson on his first birthday.

One last note.....Maggie does not like the snow.  We have to toss her out the front door to make her go outside.  Getting ready to make a Wal-Mart run so "Life is Good Today!"  Merry Christmas