Christmas in Florida

We had a good time in Florida celebrating Christmas with Clay’s family. It was really great to see everyone. All the kids were there, and Clay’s mother too. The Rusty Scotts have a beautiful home and took good care of us while we were there. Santa was also very good to us.

Of course in Seattle we are used to having chilly weather for Christmas, so spending the holiday in Florida was a little different. On Christmas Day it was 81 degrees, and I remember sitting by the pool with a soft breeze blowing. As you can imagine all the palm trees were lighted for the holidays.

On Christmas Eve we went to a beautiful candlelight service that was quite a production. Then we came home and took a bunch of family photos while we had everyone together in their nice clothes.

Clay’s brother took us down to the beach where I got my first ever view of the Atlantic Ocean. One evening we took a drive to view the large fancy estates which overlook the ocean there, including Donald Trump’s estate, Mar-a-Lago. We also drove down Worth Avenue to see all the fancy shops in Palm Beach’s very upscale and exclusive shopping district.

Our trip home took about 9 hours longer than expected, though. We got home at about 4am on the 27^th. Between weather delays and the holiday rush of people, I suppose it could have been worse. We were just counting our blessings because all around us we saw people who had it worse – mostly parents traveling with small children.

I hope you all had as nice a Christmas as we did.