With great anticipation, the kids keep looking down the street for the start of the parade (with, of course, their candy bags in hand.) The amount of candy that is thrown from floats is amazing!
What??? An Equinox on the Varco Motors float? It isn't a Dodge/Chry vehicle! Good Job, Brian on the float!
Notice that Lisa has her camera ready; also that Joshua's bag is getting full. The weather was just beautiful....not too hot...a little overcast. Some interesting floats this year: like the motorcycle rider that had her dog and the dog had on sunglasses; or the truck that was so busy waving to the crowd that he ran into the back of the float in front of him.
Grandpa and Kayla
Tyler was just happy to be on board, except when that big army truck blew his horn.
In the last blog, I accidentally posted the same picture twice. This was the intended last picture. Lisa and I gave our Spark leaders little loaves of bread, and this is the finished product before we gave them out that night!
Richard and I were in DeSoto Saturday and Sunday to have Christmas with Mother and Dad. Sunday isn't Sunday without lunch at McDonalds. 
Christmas evening at our house. The table was all set and stockings waiting for the kids to come. For sure it was, "Over the (Kansas) river and through the snow to Grandmother's house we go!" 
There really was 9 inches of snow. A Christmas we won't forget.
Making gingerbread men with Joshua and Kayla. You know those Wilton pre-packaged kits you can get drastically on sale at Walmart? It's a neat craft, but don't count on them being a "yummy" treat!! 
