POLAR EXPRESS

 Saturday evening we took a quick trip into Hollywood Studio to see their Christmas shows and fireworks before we headed north.

 It is clever how they projected the pictures onto the Tower of Terror.
Christmas Eve we had a service at church and a visit with neighbors before we took off to Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Our flight left at 10:00am and we were at my sister by 1:00 wrapping gifts we had sent to her house. It was an uneventful trip.

 We then celebrated Christmas gift opening with my son and sister. We had a great Christmas dinner and enjoyed a quick visit with them.

 Tuesday we rented a car and went to visit Mystique and her family in York. They weren't celebrating Santa arrival until Wednesday when everyone  in the house had off.

 The girls opened our presents.

 I had given Averie and Ashtyn a piggy bank for their 1st birthdays, so I gave Alivia one for Christmas.

 Averie liked playing in the box.

 We gave Mystique hedgehog mittens, she is an animal lover. With temperatures in the teens mittens are needed.

 Other then celebrating Christmas with the family we went to PA to meet our new grandson, Hunter Mathias Bush.

 He is two months old January 3.

 I let grandpa hold him for a little while.

 Eric is a proud papa. A son at last.

 His three lovely daughters. Mystique and Eric are great parents.

 It is hard to say good-bye. We even went back on  Friday for a quick visit.

 When we weren't at my sister's we stayed in Lancaster at Brian's and Dorothy's. Chase and Brady got high power flashlights from Grandpa. 

 Family picture, Coda two years older but  still full of energy.

 Two Dorothys between the guys. Larry, Chase,Brian and Brady.

 Irena and Brady got engaged this summer.

I had a bone density test, a mammogram and my hair done. We went out to dinner with Brian and Dorothy and had lunch with Mark and Danielle.We visited Larry's brother and two sisters, and spent some time at Mark's and Danielle's. It was a busy trip.
We woke up Saturday morning to two inches of snow and still snowing.  We left at 6:30 so we could get the rental back  near Philadelphia by 9. Glad Larry was driving, it has been awhile since we have been in snow. It sure looked pretty. We made it to the car rental just in time.
 We spent until January 2 at my sister's. I would have gone into Philadelphia on New Years day to see the Mummers parade but it was too cold! I watched it on TV. I miss seeing it each year.
We left Philadelphia at 6:30pm  and arrived back at Orlando at 9. We were ready for some warm sunny weather but it has been almost freezing and rainy here the last two days. But then it is winter.