Christmas and the day after - 2016

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration with family and friends.....we sure did, just a bit unusual.    But making new memories is what it's all about and the warm sunshine is oh-so-different than what we're used to from cold, snowy, windy Illinois.
 
Mark and I went to 9:30 Mass at St. Therese - we had a very special visitor just before the final blessing.  We heard bells ringing and here came Santa into the sanctuary carrying a wrapped package.    He placed it in front of the manger and knelt down as we all sang "Oh Come Let Us Adore Him".....a teary moment for sure.    He then shook hands with Monsignor and the Deacon wishing them a Merry Christmas and then quietly left.
 
Philip, Annette and Luke went to 11:30 Mass and  then we all dug in with more packing and the guys finished filling the trailer to the max.    Mark, Philip and Ryan bought this trailer together so we can all share in whoever needs to transport their stuff.   
 
While Luke and Maeve took afternoon naps, we took a break and played some cards.
 
So happy we could spend Maeve's 1st Christmas with her
 
Baby's First Christmas
 
After averaging 11-12 hours of sleep per night,  Miss Maeve has been getting up between 6-6:30 which is ok.....but occasionally, she throws a 3:15 AM wake-up time to eat and play!!!    Glad to hear she slept till 6:45 this morning....Mommy and Daddy need their sleep these very busy days getting the house cleaned out!    What a job and the clothes are such a big issue as to what to keep with them and what to put in storage +++ the change in seasons and sizes for the kiddies!    Their new home won't be finished till late summer/early fall.
 
Monday morning we were up early and leaving Philip's driveway at 6:35 AM pulling our truck and trailer heading to Rockville, SC where Catrina is.....
 
Nomads are on the move again...

We were about 10 miles from here today where our mail forwarding service is.

One more pic from our Christmas on the 23rd...."Batman" is hiding?
 
I've got a cold/cough - ugh!    sure hope no one else gets this crud.    Probably the BIG change in weather from IL to FL although that was a week ago?    Been very sleepy today!    The day started out sunny but north of Jacksonville, traffic became much heavier and it started raining - mainly a light drizzle.
 
We did a quick stop at a Publix to get soup and a sandwich for supper (+ more Zyrtec) and arrived on Catrina at 6 PM.  It's ugly out with a steady rain, fog and 57.     We'll unpack tomorrow, but for now....glad to be here and hats off to Mark for getting us to Rockville with the truck/trailer safe 'n sound!
 
We'll either leave tomorrow or Wednesday.     Philip will be flying in New Year's Eve and then driving truck/trailer to NC to stay a few days at Lake James and with the help of Michael and his boys, unload the FL stuff into storage.
 
Bye bye for now from South Carolina.....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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