Christmas 2019

After spending two very cold Christmas seasons in Texas we

decided to fly in for the week.

Ember is becoming quite a little fish

And Baker

And just like that there is nothing

under the tree.

The guys in the kitchen

 Andrea and the boys arrived Christmas morning.  There was lots of Nerf gun fun

And scooters

 The kids had fun at the museum 

Ember got Christmas money from Peepaw 

and spent it on Barbie stuff.

After a great week we headed back to Orlando

My Birthday 2019

Looks like it is time to play catch up.  I was looking at the blog and realized

 I did not post anything from my birthday.  

The day started with a trip to Gaylord Palms for a short 

Cirque Dreams Unwrapped show.  The stage was beautiful and

the acts were amazing.

Gaylord Palms also does an ice presentation every year.

This years theme was the Polar Express.  The huge train, in black ice, had so much detail.

We loved the way the white ice blended with the green to form the trees.

You can't really see it but Santa was bent at the waist.

After all this we checked out a new special occasion restaurant.

Charley's  Steak House

We started with adult beverages and escargot. 

My adult beverage was a smokey old fashioned and Bill had some type of 

grapefruit (healthy) adult beverage.

We like our escargot in pastry but this was really good.

Then came the wood grilled Caesar salad with lardons (fatty bacon).

They reminded me of pork belly which is always yummy. 

We should have stopped after the salad 

but where is the fun in that.

On we go to the steak and lobster mac and cheese.

Yes it was all amazing and even better the next day.

And it was all topped off with birthday 

creme brulee 

It was an amazing day.  The service at Charley's was everything 

you would expect it to be and the aged steaks melted in your mouth.

December 14, 2019 Wreaths Across America

Time is running out!!

We love our Harvest Hosts membership and we have 

met some wonderful hosts.

If you have been setting on the fence about this membership,

 use this link

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and get 20% off your membership

You must sign up with this link between November 29th and the end of 2019

This is the biggest discount they have ever given.

We spent the day with Bill's sister Mary and her husband Barc.

These first shots are a toy benefit for children in the foster care system.

The group that sets this up is Guardian Ad Litem.

This group speaks for children in the foster care system.  

The first part of the day the Guardians shop for the kids.

The second half the kids pick out gifts for their siblings.

The second part of the day we participated in 

Wreaths Across America.  The funds for these 

wreaths were raised by Aripeka Elks Lodge #2520 

Bill laying a wreath with his sister Mary

The ROTC volunteer at the Elks lodge during

all major events.  These students are awesome.

With this post I am up to date.

Bill Update:

His last CT scan showed no growth or spreading of the cancer.

We are now at a point where the chemo is damaging the bone marrow.

  He was off chemo for two weeks and we seen a drop from 74 to 67. 

No recovery in two weeks is unusual for him. 

He is set for another treatment on January 3rd.

Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and stay warm an cozy.

Wishing you all a very Happy & Healthy 2020

December in Florida

Take a Look at Harvest Hosts

We love our Harvest Hosts membership and we have 

met some wonderful hosts.

If you have been setting on the fence about this membership,

 use this link

http://harvesthosts.refr.cc/conniebillc

and get 20% off your membership

You must sign up with this link between November 29th and the end of 2019

This is the biggest discount they have ever given.

We found a gem at Disney World.  It is the Shades of Green hotel.

It is a hotel for military families.  It isn't huge but it is perfect.

This is their gingerbread house display.

We ate Mangino's an on sight restaurant.

Bill enjoyed french onion soup and seafood linguine 

 I had clams and caprese salad

 Shades of Gray decorated for Christmas

We were able to take the monorail from the Polynesian Hotel

to the Magic Kingdom

Stuck on the People Mover

Gingerbread at the Polynesian