The two RV Gypsies
enjoyed Thanksgiving and Christmas in Florida
2016

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Thanksgiving Day with a blended family - 2016

the family of the two RV Gypsies
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Christmas 2016

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Below: The front of the Christmas card that
Karen Duquette designed, made and mailed to family
and friends this year.

Below: Karen Duquette ready for a party with friends.

Merry Christmas from the two RV Gypsies Karen Duquette's Christmas photo

Below: The grandson and great-grandson of the two RV Gypsies (Alex and his nephew) making cookies for Santa.

making cookies for Santa

Below: Alex showed his grandfather his newest Christmas gift.

Alex and his grandfather, Lee Duquette Alex and his grandfather, Lee Duquette

Being part of a family means everything at this time of year so there is always room for more. Karen Duquette's friend Monica Ekedahl, who lives in Sweden, always spends Christmas day with the family.

family and friends family and friends

Every year Lee Duquette gets a T-shirt with a special photo on it. First it was his granddaughter, then it was both his grandchildren. Now it is his great-grandchildren, that started with Anthony, and now it is Anthony and Gabriella. Lee loves the shirts and always changes into his newest special shirt immediately. Karen Duquette does not get t-shirts.

Lee Duquette with his t-shirt Lee Duquette and his great-granddaughter

The grandson of the two RV Gypsies, Alex Jones

The granddaughter and great-granddaughter
of the two RV Gypsies

Alex Jones Kristen and Gabriells
Kristen and her daughter Kristen and Gabriella
Kristen, Gabriella and Lee Kristen, Gabriella and Lee
thre great-granddaughter of the two rV Gypsies thre great-granddaughter of the two rV Gypsie

Below: Turkey time

Christmas turkey

Yes! Karen Duquette really does have a
Christmas tree hat and dress that looks like this.

Jumping for Joy

Karen Duquette dressed as a Christmas tree Merry Christmas sign

A Florida Christmas Cactus

Bye-Bye Santa. Thank you.

A Florida Christmas Cactus. bye bye Santa
 

This was the 9th year that the two RV Gypsies had to celebrate Christmas without their son, Brian Duquette. Each year, on the second Sunday in December, The Compassionate Friends sponsor a Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony and the two RV Gypsies go to church to honor and remember their son Brian Duquette and bring home their yearly angel. It does not ever get easier as the years go by. The tears still flow, and the hole in their hearts will never heal.

Compasionate Friends church poem

Each year Lee and Karen Duquette get a new Angel in honor of their son Brian Duquette

angel
poem for Brian Lee Duquette

Menu for The two RV Gypsies
back in Florida
October 14, 2016 - December 31, 2016

You may visit these sections in any order you choose.

bullet Grand Lake RV and Golf Resort - Citra, Florida

The two RV Gypsies spent a couple of days with friends in Englewood, Florida - no photos were taken

bullet The two RV Gypsies met their newborn great-granddaughter

bullet Halloween, Veterans Day Celebration at their great-grandson's school, and Pompano Beach with the Dickersons

bullet Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex - Boca Raton

bullet Hollywood Beach and LeTub

bullet Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach

bullet Key Lime House in Lantana

bullet Billie Swamp Safari on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation

bullet A Snow Day in Florida

bullet Thanksgiving and Christmas 2016 - this page


go to the next adventure of the two RV Gypsies If you have seen all of the above sections in 2016, please continue on to 2017