Some things have been sprouting here at Voyager.

December 5th is was our friend’s Cathy’s Birthday so her daughter Perry, Alicia and myself celebrated it with her.

 First, we went to see Wicked: For Good, Wicked Part II.

It continues with Elphaba being the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. The movie while a bit long, had great cinematography, choreography, and the costumes were wonderful. Wicked: For Good answers the questions of The first Wicked. Let’s face it, if you you saw the first Wicked ya gotta see this new one. We all enjoyed it.

Then to Applebee’s for lunch. I haven’t been to Applebee’s for a long while, the lunch specials was very good.

Complete with 4 Applebee’s Tipsy Reindeers . . . . they were good too!

Last but not least . . . . we ended up at Fat Willys’s to celebrate with some of Cathy’s friends from the park.

How about Dancing the night away . . . . Well at least some of it.

It was a really fun dance. I didn’t take many pictures cause my friends and I danced every dance except the slow ones. Fun time had by all!

In December Dave joined the Softball Team here at Voyager. He’s been going to practice, they haven’t told him what position he’s going to be playing yet…. anticipation for sure. The games start in January.

Saturday December 13th, We met our friends Pat & Kim at Tubac to eat lunch and then head out to see their beautiful new house that Pat built, 10 minutes away.

Dave has never been to Tubac and myself only briefly so we got there early to check out the place.

We stopped briefly at The Anza Trail a historic, scenic path following the Santa Cruz River.

It was neat to see these truly old wheels made out of wood. A forgotten art.

I love the cowboy and the cat.

Got any old cans, scraps or whatever laying around . . . Oh what you can make.

Tubac is Arizona’s first European settlement, it has seen its share of history and change. First settled in 1752 when Spanish soldiers built a presidio, Tubac also has evidence of mammoth hunters, who preceded the O’odham peoples (formerly known as the Pimas and Papagos). Five flags have flown over the town; Tubac has been An Indian community, a Spanish Colony, Part of the New Mexico Territory, a Mexican community an finally an Arizona Territory. Lots of neat shops, some with unique items. Dave and I are going to go back to check out all the history in Tubac.

I forgot to mention the food is very good too!

Pat & Kim’s house is beautiful! Pat still has some finishing touches to include to his masterpiece. The last picture is of the master bedroom shower.

The back of their house – the beautiful mountain scenery surrounding it. They want to add a built in swimming pool and tiers into their mountain side villa. Whatever they do we know it will be awesome. We had a great time visiting and seeing their home, Thanks Pat & Kim.

I’ve been going to glass fusion and and made the things above to give to family and friends.

Wednesday December 17th, Dave, myself, Cathy and Alicia went to check out Reid Zoo to see the Christmas lights.

Remember a Charlie Brown Christmas, one of my favorite Christmas shows, Of course you do.

They had cut outs at the zoo.

And do you remember Linus telling Charlie Brown What Christmas is all about? The True Meaning of Christmas

A Rhinoceros is still out and about in the dark. There was a choir singing Christmas Carols in the zoo.

It was a sparkling show with millions of lights and lots of color.  A very enjoyable walk through the zoo that got you in the Christmas Spirit for sure.

Here are a few of the decorated houses.

People on Third Street did a neat job for their decorations. You can’t tell but they have no room to park their vehicles and their decor is out in the street.

How about an . . .

On December 20th we went partying . . .

The Lady in black in the last photo was well endowed so she wore the Chest sweater like the one below and her husband wore the Nuts sweater.

Somebody put a lot of time into this ugly sweater

The people who wore sweaters looked good, even the ones who weren’t wearing a sweater looked good. It was a fun time, I’ll have to get an ugly sweater for next year.

It was a beautiful Christmas morning. We walked Cooper down the streets a in Voyager and smelled all the wonderful smells coming from people’s kitchens cooking their holiday meal.

We went to our friend Alicia’s house for Christmas Dinner. She had our friend Cathy, Dave and myself over for a delicious feast! She made a pork roast with plums inside, mashed potatoes & gravy, red cabbage, creamed cucumbers and carrots. And for dessert we had delicious Christmas cookies!

December 26th our friend Darlyn invited us over for a delicious dinner. “Thanks for the fantastic food and fabulous company!”

On New Year’s Eve Day, Dave & I traveled to our friends Dawna & Scott house in Casa Grande, AZ.

They decorated the area by the shed beautifully, we celebrated a European Christmas we different customs from different countries that our ancestors came from. They prepared a fantastic dinner for us that reminded me of my Grandmother’s and Mother’s delicious cooking. “ hvala ti puno” Dear Dawna and Scott. 💗

We got back around 8:00pm watched some TV and people in the park shooting off fire-works off and on until 12:30 and then went to bed.

December was definitely a great month for us and we will be reminiscing about it . . . . . .

Happy New Year !!!