Merry Christmas Eve

We get a private Meet & Greet with a character because of our Disney Visa card. We did this twice during this visit. Once with Pluto & the other with Chip & Dale. You get a free 5x7 photo each day you do it. Those were the only characters they had lined up otherwise I'd have wanted to do it every day. One year we got Mickey & Goofy.

This was one one several goofy pictures of the kids on the sailing ship "Columbia". It sails around Tom Sawyers Island/Pirates Lair. We also went on the Mark Twain Riverboat. It was the first time we did either one of those in all our visits.

This picture is in front of Santa's Reindeer Roundup aka Big Thunder Ranch. It was a contender for our Christmas card picture. Inside the ranch was not as fun as I imagined. The kids did not want to wait to see Santa & only Hannah would stand with Mrs. Claus (who had no line). They charged ($5 each) to decorate cookies which I remember as being free around Halloween time & that included a craft too. They had at least one turkey that had been pardoned by the President. They had live reindeer which as you can imagine did not give the place a lovely smell. 10 minutes and we were outta there. Good photo op out front though!

Hannah & Joshua with the Walt & Mickey statue & Sleeping Beauty's castle behind them.

Another picture from Santa's Reindeer Roundup

We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas tomorrow. Hopefully you all got your cards but I know some of you may be getting mail a little slower than usual. Stay safe as you prepare for Christmas. I'd glady take a little of the weather from you if I could. Todd had to work part of today but the kids and I have been busy making cookies,fudge, & birthday brownies. We usually make a birthday cake for Jesus and eat it for breakfast on Christmas morning & sing Happy Birthday to Him before presents. This year we picked birthday brownies because we thought Todd would prefer it over cake. We usually open one gift on Christmas Eve so we'll probably do that after dinner. We will be at my sister's house tomorrow & are praying there's not too much snow to keep Grandma & Papa from coming.

Wherever you are tomorrow we hope you enjoy your time with family and remember the reason for the holiday. Don't leave Jesus out of His birthday celebration!