Annual Winter Wonderland tradition...

Every year I get together with a few lady friends

for our annual Winter Wonderland party.

It started years ago and one very special lady Janice had lost her husband in Early November, and their anniversary was coming up Nov 30th I think....

And I took her our to see the Christmas Lights at the Botanical Gardens.

We had so much fun and it made her smile and we formed a connection that day.

Then the next year we gathered a few other ladies on the night our city lights up their Christmas tree and lights around downtown.  Most of them don't drive at night, so we chauffeur them around to see the lights.  It's always been a fun time.

Then the next year we added party and food.

And every year we take a group selfie!!

We laugh together and sing and share our woes of the year.

We add to the group each year a new friend.

We made a book of the photos last year to keep track of the years!

It's been a fun tradition!!

This year someone (not me) was so smart and decided to do it on a different night of the tree lighting to avoid the crowds since the downtown display has grown soooo much and it's so busy with people from all over that come to see the lights.  It was a brilliant idea, we enjoyed the lights so much more this year.

And the tradition continues on!!

A good time was had by all!!!