The day after Thanksgiving we went to the Hershey Hotel Christmas tree lighting celebration. We wandered around inside and out playing the games set up, played with the pretend snow, munched on cookies and drank the best hot chocolate! The Hershey characters were there to flip the giant switch to light the tree, and the Christmas season had begun!
A few days later Brandon felt sick and tested positive for Covid :( We think he may have picked it up from traveling. For some reason the hospital had only provided flu shots to employees, and not Covid boosters so he hadn't gotten around to getting one before our trip. The rest of us were fine, although we slept apart and wore masks. It wasn't too terrible, but the inconvenience for his work, and Mama Judy canceling her plans to come visit were disappointing.
The girls after their Nutcracker performance. They had two shows and did such a great job!
I hope you can click to enlarge the photos
Brielle is the second soldier from left
Brielle is in the middle
Lily has the orange hair bow
Lily is far right on the floor
Lily is the second "boy" from the left. She was partnered with her friend Kate and they had fun playing brother and sister
These younger dancers were "petals" in the waltz of the flowers. Lily is on the right end
Lily is on the right with orange hair bow
Lily's on the left holding on to the girl in purple
Love her expressions! She is the one pointing
Grandma came to visit us for Christmas! While she was here we visited the Amish House and farm. It was neat to learn more about the Amish and explore the farm.
They had these cute scooters for us to try!
The one room schoolhouse
We also tried the drinking chocolate at the Hershey Story. There were six different ones made from cocoa beans from different countries. They were all delicious but definitely distinct!
Just like the street lights!
Merry Christmas Eve!
We made a trifle for Christmas dessert
Brielle made a chocolate chess pie from the cookbook she got for Christmas. It was delicious and turned out perfectly!
New Years Eve tree with money and jokes in the balloons
And for New Years breakfast we went to Stacks and had this yummy hot chocolate!
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