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Today I am so happy to be introducing the newest member of Ocean Delight – Murphy is no longer the only four-legged here! Meet Monty, a beautiful 8 year old pony (and our newest family member).

Knowing how much Laurelyn used to love riding horses when she was a little younger, we cooked up a deal to give Monty to her for Christmas.  Clifford George will keep him in his barn until next summer, when we will build one for him. We hope to be able to find a saddle, cart, and slide for Monty so we take guests on rides. How cool is that – Murphy’s very own buddy! What a great Christmas!And don’t forget – there’s still a week left to enter our Win a Free Stay Contest, and we have some great New Year’s Deals, too. We’d love to see you out here!

Merry Christmas to all our beautiful readers and wonderful guests – both past, present and future! This is my first Christmas at Ocean Delight and I am loving the quality time with Jerry and The Berry.  Although of course I do miss my old family especially this time of year and am sending them telepathic greetings – I hope they know they are always in my heart.

Anyway, I hope all my friends (including my many lady friends) woke up this morning to find their stockings stuffed with bones and tennis balls, and their humans stuffed with turkey, wine, and chocolate. I’m truly loving my first Christmas in the Wonderful World of Whiteway, and I hope you’re loving yours, too, where ever you are.

We came home the other day to a heartwarming Christmas gift. We opened the mail and here was a Christmas card from Les and Gwen. You may remember it took a bit of extra effort from Joe, Laurelyn and Guardian Angel Alf to get Les, in a wheelchair, into the Awake at Last and out to see Shag Rock – and all were too happy to oblige.

Les and Gwen are extraordinary people with a moving story and warm spirits, and having them stay with us was an experience we will never forget – and it seems that neither will they. We are ever grateful for the guests that come and touch our hearts – Merry Christmas to them all (and remember, you can join us for a free weekend if you win our New Years Contest).

We got our tree last weekend (Laurelyn’s first Griswold tree – she’d never cut her own before) but there was no way we were decorating it until my beautiful daughter, Kathryn, came to visit. Decorating the tree together is a tradition we keep very much alive, and I felt like all my daughters and all our Christmas memories circled us as we worked.

We started around 6 and finished at 10:30, with dinner and business-induced breaks in between. But we got ‘er done and she is a beauty of yore. But of course, nothing compares to the delight of seeing my youngest daughter growing her wings (in her case, quite literally!) and becoming a strong, independent woman. Getting to spend some time with her is truly my greatest gift.