Christmas away from home
This was our first year spending Christmas away from home. LOTS of concern about Santa and whether or not he would find us in Key West. Surprise! He sure did! I arranged with the hotel to get this adorable little tree in our room. We packed up our stockings and wrote Santa letters to let him know where we would be and he found us:-) "He really is amazing!" Thankfully Santa was thinking and didn't give us big presents. Otherwise we never would have been able to fit it in our luggage! What a memorable experience!
After present time with the kids, we got to experience Christmas morning church service on the beach at the hotel. Wow! Nothing like singing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" while our feet are buried in white sand and the sun shines on our faces. It was very surreal. We also got to be with lots of family that morning. Many thanks to Pastor Dar for making this an extra special Christmas!
Next we headed over to our favorite spot on Key West, Fort Zachary Taylor park (the best beach in the Keys!). It was THE most gorgeous day of our trip. Sunny and 74. We packed a picnic and the cousins and decided to spend the entire afternoon at the beach. Darran read, the kids played, I took pictures. It was a really relaxing Christmas day.
Owen, Emma, Sasha, Brendan and Claire on the lookout point.
We walked a bit to this spot and could see water surrounding us on three sides. Gorgeous view!
Brendan, Emma, Sasha, Brendan, Claire and Shelby waiting for the sunset.
Worth the wait!
We had decided this was the perfect spot to see the sunset. Sunsets are big in Key West. Literally. And what better day than Christmas day? The pictures don't do it justice, but you could see the sun just drop off the edge of the earth. So. Cool.
Here are more pics of the day. Its hard to pick favorites, so I had to upload them all!
