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Naples Adventures

January 18, 2022

We went on a few more adventures than usual in Naples this trip! Fun all around! The boys went fishing…

fishing

Samantha and Robert went on a wave runner…

wave runner

and the kids and I went parasailing!! Woohoo!

boat

parasailing

Robert opted out which meant I got to go twice since the two boys weren’t heavy enough on their own. There was a big rock paper scissors battle for which boy got to go twice and Spencer won out. That ended up being the best thing though – once Maxwell got up he decided once was enough! It was really, really cool but it definitely took your breath away at first when you went up. We were high!!

para

sail

Dip!

dip

Up we go with Maxwell!

dip

sail

Maxwell had time to check his watch while sailing through the sky! ha!

sail

While Samantha waited in the boat, she got to be captain!

boat

Down we go…

sail

and dip!

dip

So great that the kids are getting old enough to enjoy a little more adventure on our trips!!

Naples

January 14, 2022

After a great Christmas and a trip to Atlanta, we packed up and hopped a plane down to Naples! Woohoo!

plane

We were so happy to see GJ and Daddo and celebrate some more Christmas! Including new iPads for the kids!!

xmas

iPad

We then got down to the business of enjoying Naples!

naples

maples

beach

We even had a return visit from our gator…

gator

and made friends with two turtles on the beach!

turtle

Off to the beach!

beach

Lots of sand castles!

sand castle

beach

Lunch volcanoes…

beach

and dinner out!

dinner

Roll Tide! SEC Championship!

sec

Sing 2! So good!

sing2

sing 2

Ice cream!

ice cream

and CCCs of course!

ccc

Fireworks for 2022!

fireworks

More adventures to come!

Falcons

January 13, 2022

We gave the kids tickets to the Falcons game the day after Christmas so we were up and out the door early on the 26th to drive to Atlanta! It was a beautiful day for some football and they had the dome open!

falcons

flacons

falcons

Our seats were great and the Falcons actually brought home a win! Rise Up!

falcons

A fun after Christmas treat!

Christmas Day

January 12, 2022

We had the Brown family over for Christmas day lunch and it was a great afternoon all around! My crew begrudgingly cleaned up their Santa haul and we were ready for company!

xmas day

Samantha made place cards! 🙂

place cards

Self timer family selfie!

selfie

This is more like it!

selfie

All the cousins had fun together!

cousis

cousins

xmas

After our Christmas for 5 last year, it sure was nice to have a house full of family to celebrate the day!

cousins

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve

January 10, 2022

We had a really great Christmas Eve with some pretty perfect weather! After much back and forth, I did convince Samantha to wear this precious dress and it made me so happy.

xmas eve

We stuck with the noon church service again this year and, given the rise in covid cases, we were glad to be the only ones sitting up in the balcony.

church

After church we had lunch up at the club and decided to sit outside to avoid covid. It was a beautiful day for it! We then got lots and lots of photos – many of which make me laugh pretty hard!!

xmas eve

Samantha was on fire with the silliness!

xmas eve

sky

xmas eve

I was being silly here but I love it. Just a picture of me doing the most! It wasn’t easy this Christmas season but I feel like I made some Christmas magic happen for the kids and I’m proud of it. So, cheers to me! Maxwell’s expression sums up everyone else’s feelings. ha!

We did manage to get some “normal” photos which aren’t nearly as fun!

xmas eve

I sure do love this crew and am so grateful we got to have a wonderful Christmas Eve together!