Santa Jim on the Chair for 12-22-07 Talk to Santa event......



Kathy Doty and the two Nick's took a picture with Santa Jim on Saturday. Both boys were working extra hours for school and did a great job in helping out.

Saturday was a day for us to really wonder if we needed to be out there. But the 54 kids that braved the weather tells us that yes, you open and they will come. A group of us got together and set up at 10:00 AM and then went home and returned at 12:30. Kathy, and the two Nick's along with Jim and John, set up the rest of the items we needed and of course, there were kids ready to see Santa before 1:00. Kathy gave them their papers to fill out as we finished setting up and within 20 minutes we had seen 11 kids. The weather was raining and then turned to ice and the boys put out kitty litter and some sand to help with the icy areas. eventually it came down as nothing but ice and very few flurries in that. Carol came at 3:00 and relieved the Doty group and Larry arrived at 4:00. The ice was till coming down and the weather had dropped. We had our last visitor at 4:53 and we decided it was time to shut down. We closed the house and found the key hole had iced and had to be de-iced to lock up the house. The 54 kids braved the weather and John and I are very very thankful to those who have come out to help during this cold weather we seem to have every weekend.

Small little visitor who came to see Santa.