Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
These two are like peas in a pod!
And GJ gave Samantha her favorite gift – a new mermaid purse full of treasures like a Little Mermaid key chain with key, sunglasses, chap stick (yay!), and a mini iPhone, iPad, and “pooter”! She even had to take them to her party with her..
The phone, iPad, and computer were actually for her baby dolls but she’s been using them to get a lot of important work done!
Love her and GJ too!
We celebrated Samantha’s 3rd party last weekend with a party at the place where she does dance. It wasn’t just any party though, it was a mermaid party!
The whole thing was about as cute as it gets. The girls in tutus, the Little Mermaid music playing on the piano, Samantha twirling and twirling and twirling! It was all of my little girl dreams…ummm, I mean Samantha’s little girl dreams come true! 🙂
All of her favorite people came…
Including 9 other little girls and a few big brothers who proved to be very well behaved and helpful, especially with the parachute!
The girls danced and galloped and skipped and jumped and hopped and walked on their tippy toes!
I had one very happy little birthday girl!
Especially when it was time for cake!
Happy birthday Samantha!!
What a perfect way to celebrate our sweet 3 year old!!
We love you Samantha!
Happy Monday! Back to our Naples trip – our last day in Naples was New Year’s Eve and we spent most of it on the beach!
Everyone relaxed…
Played in the sand…
And of course there was football!
The kids also discovered that, not only could you get strawberry smoothies at the bar, but chocolate milkshakes too! Score!
No better way to end 2017, that’s for sure.
Our trip to Naples was fantastic…
but sadly had to come to an end on the first day of 2018. We said goodbye to our favorites…
and made the journey home!
We got back in plenty of time to watch the Sugar Bowl. RTR! I’d say it was a perfect end to 2017 and a great start to 2018!
Robert planned a fishing trip for the boys while we were down in Naples.
Everyone was hoping for a good catch like last time, but, it was just too cold for the fish! The boys tried…
and had some snacks…
but the only thing they caught that afternoon was some ice cream!
It’s never too cold for ice cream!
We all ended up back at the beach late that afternoon and it was just about perfect!
Doesn’t get much better than that!
Our Christmas day fun continued when our favorite people arrived!
Took no time to dive into the presents!
My favorite part of Christmas was giving Daddo the awesome book I made for him chronicling the history of his Ferrari collection…
Love Samantha giving Susu and GJ a baby doll show….
And out of all the super cool toys these guys got, I think these squishies were their favorite! Go figure!
The house was festive and the tables were set for a feast!
Robert, once again made the best tenderloin ever!
And I think everyone enjoyed some good cheer!
After lunch, there were lots more presents to be opened! The fun never stops!
Love these sweet cousins!
It was a great Christmas day with these cute kiddos!
Ho Ho Ho indeed! Only 11 months until we get to do it again!!