Christmas in the Bayou

I forgot to mention, one week ago Sunday we went to Church in Destin, Fl. and this wonderful board member treated us to lunch the next day at his Chick-fil-A restaurant.  Jake OD'd on cherry coke and doesn't care for it anymore.



We arrived at Lake Fausse Point State Park South of Lafayette, Louisiana via Fountaine Bleu State Park, where we all got to pet a baby alligator.  We've set up here for Dec 19 to 27th, so we could have a place to call home for Christmas.  We're in the sticks of the sticks, but we've got the best WiFi yet.  These wetlands are full of Live Oak, alligators, snakes and armadillos, with waterways everywhere.

 The kids got creative and built a nativity scene for our Christmas decorations.

After the stable was built it was time to work on gingerbread houses.

Tori definitely won the award for most detail and for making the gingerbread from scratch.

James actually touched this little fellow on the back.

Can you spot all three geckos?

We spotted an alligator here after we were on shore.  This is the dominant landscape in this region.

I'm sure I saw this guy in Enderby once.

 Both boys needed their turn at pulling up this night line with its catfish.

We asked if we could host a carol sing around our campfire on Christmas eve.  The lady at the registration center got the permission and proceeded to print up nice invitations for us to give out, as well as posting it several places around the park.  The camp host delivered firewood to our sight today, to help.  We're expecting to give out around 40-50 cups of hot apple cider.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Thank you Jesus for being Emmanuel.