Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
There’s always fun to be had in Naples – we went to see the new Star Wars movie, did art projects and fireworks, played pinball and mini golf, made cookies, and played lots of Uno!
By the end, we’re always worn out but happy and don’t want to leave!
As always, thanks for everything GJ and Daddo! Can’t wait to come back!
Santa brought Maxwell tickets to see Alabama play in the Citrus Bowl. We made the drive from Naples over to Orlando on New Year’s Eve and had a fun dinner at the hotel to celebrate!
Of course when you stay in a hotel you have to get room service breakfast! These kids are living right!
It was a BEAUTIFUL day for some football! We were so excited to watch the Tide play and even got to see a Birmingham friend there!
We had great seats and thankfully remembered to bring the sunscreen! 🙂
I think Samantha’s favorite part of the game was the Mountain Dew she got to drink! ha! That girl drank that entire thing be the end of the first quarter. Talk about hyper!!
I can’t say she enjoyed every second of the game though! ha!
But the boys had the best time! It was a great game and, thankfully, AL pulled out a Win!
So glad Santa came through with tickets!
Roll Tide!!
We had a great Christmas but, when it’s over, it’s over! On the 26th I got all of the Christmas decorations put up and we packed our bags to head down further south on the 27th! After an easy flight…
we were happy to be in our favorite place! Naples!
We didn’t waste anytime getting to the beach…
and I surprised Samantha with matching swimsuits!!!
I mean…I don’t know who was more excited, me or her?! Let’s get real, pretty sure I was more excited. 🙂
It was a perfect day in the sunshine!
Thankful for warm weather and sunshine in December!
On Wednesday before Thanksgiving we made the drive up to Highlands, NC for another fantastic Thanksgiving in the mountains! The weather was chilly and windy but not too terribly cold and not raining so we made the most of it!
On Thanksgiving morning we got up and hiked our favorite – Whiteside! We were out there by about 9:30 so we could get a parking place at the base of the mountain and sure were happy to get a good hike in and enjoy the beautiful views!
The view from the top!
Framer!
The perfect way to start Thanksgiving day!!
We finished our trip with a half day in Animal Kingdom sans guide. Ready for a fun day…
After Samantha didn’t get on to Space Mountain the day before, I wasn’t messing around and put 3 sugar packets underneath the gel inserts in her tall shoes! I was going to get her onto Everest and Flight of Passage!! It worked!!! Look at this happy roller coaster rider!
The boys loved it too!
They checked Samantha’s height 3 times before letting her on Flight of Passage but she passed each time and got to ride it. It was so cool and I’m so glad she got to do it! We also did the Safari, the Rapids, and wasted money on the games in DinoLand. A good day all around!
We then headed to the airport to fly home after the most awesome Disney experience ever! I may never be able to go back to having to wait in lines again!!! A huge thanks to GJ and Daddo for making it all happen!!