We did go up North to visit the family for the Holidays.  On the way up, as it got colder and colder, we tried this feature in our car   Dang!  Nice and warm butt now .  Then we saw this on our dash.    What the heck is that all about?  Is there ice on road?  Is the engine freezing up?  Should we pull over and check our engine?  Out come our phones so we can ask Google.  Ohhhh, it is telling us the road surface is cold.  Aren’t these smart cars smart and what would we do without Google?  (This little thing didn’t shut off until we were back in the warmer climate, I sort of missed the little snow flake when it was gone   )

When we first got there, there was enough snow to build a snowman

Here is what he looked like a few days later

I’m melting…..melting!  Poor sad little Snowman.  What is that droopy thing on his face?  They didn’t have a carrot so they figured a cucumber would do.  Not gunna say what that looks like now LOL.  Ouch!  Don’t make me laugh!

One of the things we did while we were there was our annual trip to visit Santa.  One of the little Santa visitors was a little crabby and uncooperative so I got a cart to haul him in.  Too bad it was only a one kid cart.  So crabby got to ride it on the trip to see Santa, and fair is fair, the older one got to ride in it on the way back from Santa

We made the little one walk back and he cried the entire walk back.  Nap time for someone when we got home.

While we were there we also did fun things like shovel off the car

Gary so appreciated this job LOL.

Take a nap under the Christmas tree

Watch TV while sitting in a box

See, why spend all your money on nice furniture, a couple of boxes, some blankets and there you go!

We wrapped gifts with a little help from our furry friends

He is so helpful all the time. I just don’t know what I’d do without him.

We did get a chance to visit my bro further up north.  We went and saw a movie while we were there.  This was in the lobby

Can you spot the Jumanji impostor?

Then while my daughter and her husband had a date night, this happened

Yes, he lost his first tooth!  And who is there to witness it?  The person who hates anything to do with teeth….yours truly.  He was sitting by me all night wiggling it.  I told him to stop wiggling it cause it would come out and it would bleed.  “No, it won’t bleed!” he told me.  Well guess what?  It did bleed and he was none to happy.  Good thing Gary was there to take care of it, and NO, I did NOT touch the tooth.  EWU!  I left that for the Tooth Fairy.

Our trip was a little shorter this year, a little snowier and a little colder.  Always a pleasure to see the family and enjoy the time together but we are awful glad to not have to use our seat warmers anymore .