Santa and the Fire Truck

In an earlier blog I told you how much fun we have when we are in the parades and get a chance to see all our friends and families while riding on top of the fire equipment.

Well it is even better when we get a chance to be Mr and Mrs Santa on top of the Fire Equipment . We get to wave to everyone and wish them a Merry Christmas and throw candy to the kids. Oh to here the shills of the kids and them screaming SANTA CLAUSE!!! We have had some come out just wrapped in bath towels. Oh Look...there is Mrs Clause too! I think the adults get just as excited to see Santa and the children do.

The Lewisville Fire Dept is really good to us each time we go to ride out. We rode out at Station 4 one night. One of the crew, Glen lives right down the road from Dad and Barbara. We rode out at Station 1 with Kelly from the media of ESPN. She was soooo nice and fun. We mainly rode out out station 3. Thanks to all of you for letting us have soooo much fun!!!!

We had to make a grass fire on our first night out. We wished we had a camera and we would have taken pictures of Santa fighting a grass fire. As we were getting down to go to the fire we had children rushing up to the equipment to see us. The Crew had to get on the PA System and tell them "Mr and Mrs Santa had to go to a fire. They will be back" Yes the crew took us right back to the same place we had to stop.
We had the chance to go through our neighborhood and wish our neighbors a Merry Christmas. Santa received cookies and a card from one family off Blair Oaks.
One of our friends children saw Santa ducking to miss a tree branch and yelled, "Santa are you okay?", in a very concerned voice.
While riding out at Station 4 someone followed us to give Santa a picture. I hope Glen still has that one.
We had several times people would follow us until we stopped to get off the truck and we would have the chance to visit with the children a little more.
We went out on the second coldest night. We made sure to layer really good. (3 layers) It was a little chilly but to hear the children scream for Santa keeps you warm.
Cary had the chance to ride out too. He had to stay in the cab but it sounded like he had fun. I hope so.
This is just some of the stories we have. I tried to keep a journal but was never able to keep up.
I hope you had lots of memories this Christmas too.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!