December Movies, Dining, Christmas, and Anniversary

December was a busy month. On the 9th I attended our genealogical society's monthly meeting for the DNA group in the afternoon, then I went over to the Heritage Center for the retirement party for Pam Cooper who was the Supervisor of the Archives Center and Genealogy Department. Thanks to her 30 years of work the Vero Beach Library's local history section went from 250 volumes to over 30,000 titles. 

Then I left Pam's retirement party and met Mike and our neighbor Barbara at the Italian Cousin in Sebastian for dinner. Mike and Barbara had the Sausage and Meatball Rigatoni and I had the Salmon Special with Mozzarella Sticks for an appetizer. Always a great place to eat!

On the 13th I went to our monthly Genealogical Society meeting and on the 16th Mike and I went to the Vero Beach Yacht Club for the monthly MOAA (Military Officers of America Assn.) luncheon. 

Fletcher and his friend Frankie drove up from Fort Lauderdale on Christmas Eve. After they got in, we drove up to the IMAX theater in West Melbourne to see Rogue One, A Star Wars Story in 3-D. After the movie we stopped at the Texas Roadhouse in Palm Bay for dinner. Mike, Fletcher and I ordered the Bacon Cheese Burger and Frankie had the Smokehouse Burger. We all ordered the Loaded Steak Fries with cheddar cheese and bacon bits. 

Christmas Day Mike and I drove over to my sister-in-laws for Christmas dinner with her son and her daughter and her husband and 3 sons. We had invited our neighbor Barbara over for dinner on Christmas evening, so since Fletcher and Frankie decided to stay at our house instead of going to Kissimmee I left them instructions on how to fix Pepper Steak in the crockpot. So when Mike and I got home, I only had to
cook the rice, make the salad, and fix garlic bread. Fletcher and Frankie went back home the Tuesday after Christmas. We had a nice visit while they were here, but wish they could have stayed a little longer.

The 28th was our 49th wedding anniversary so Mike and I went down to Vero to see the movie Passengers in 3-D (not IMAX). After the movie we drove back up to Sebastian to have dinner at the Italian Cousin where we had a reservation. We both ordered the spaghetti dinner with a salad and a bottle of wine.

Yesterday as I was leaving Barbara's house, I saw this beautiful sunset behind our house and just had to take a photo of it.

Today is New Year's Eve - hard to believe that anther year has gone by! I'm sure Mike and I will stay up tonight to see in the New Year. So here's wishing everyone a Happy New Year a few hours early!