It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Here are some pictures from our trip to Miami

This one didn't come out very clearly, but I was watching one of my favorite 

Christmas movies, "Elf" while we were driving to Miami

 This has become a new favorite of mine (and I had some while watching the movie). 

Btw, my poor husband only had the privilege of listening to the movie, 

and he didn't get any ice cream because he was driving :0(

 This is a little Christmas Tree we have inside the bus

 Nearing the city

 These buildings amaze me!

(We don't have views like this where I live, but that's quite alright with me, ha ha)

This was our campsite. The campground was near the hospital and family and very nice.

This was the city at night

 After visiting my mother-in-law's room the night before

my husband decided it needed some cheering up for the holidays

so we picked up some decorations before we visited her the next day.

Here he is decorating.

 We went to just two stores near the hospital on Black Friday...

The Container Store (they have a LOT of neat storage things but it's kinda pricey),

and then we went into a Brandsmart store next to the Container Store.

They had this adorable little washing machine and it actually worked!

 Then we decided to grab some dinner at this famous Bar-B-Q place

 This is a typical home in South Florida...lots of palm trees 

Before we began our trip home we stopped off at Panera's for lunch.

 We don't eat out often, but this is one place we LOVE.

We have been waiting YEARS for one to come to our town

and it is finally happening, in fact they are almost ready to open...YAY!!!

 This is the view for most of the ride home...

lots of Sugar Cane Fields 

and then lots of nothing

It took about 4.5 hours to get home.

We made it home safely, unpacked some and went to bed.  

The following pictures are from today, and these pictures made me extra happy. 

When we got to church this morning, it was all decorated for Christmas.

This tree has tags for needy children. You can take a tag and buy a gift.

We love participating in this!!!

What do you do to share Christmas Joy this time of the year?