Holidays – Page 43

Naples

January 15, 2019

On December 26th I had all the Christmas decorations put up by 10am! When it’s over, it’s over! Besides, we had to get ready to escape rainy Birmingham and head to the sunshine in Naples! We flew home with my parents and we were definitely all flying high…

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These kids are living their best life and don’t even know how lucky they have it!

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As soon as we got off the plane I was quickly reminded why this is “high season” in Naples. The weather is perfect.

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Of course, it also means the beach is about a million times more crowded than normal. Small price to pay for those temps! Getting my annual “walking down the boardwalk” pic is getting harder and harder! My subjects are not that cooperative!

boardwalk

We truly enjoyed the sand and the sun!

beach

We tried to enjoy the pool at the club but it was way too cold…

pool

Our pool at home was awesomely heated though! thanks GJ and Daddo!!

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Can’t beat Naples in January! More to come!

Christmas Day

January 14, 2019

Happy Monday! Back to Christmas Day…after we had checked out all that Santa brought, we got ready to have some family over for a great lunch.

dining room

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We spent the morning playing with new toys and catching up with family!

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bike

nintendo

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samantha

research

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lego

We ended the night with a few leftovers…

brownies

and tired, happy selves.

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Merry Christmas indeed!

Christmas Day

January 11, 2019

We were so happy to see that Santa came to visit us and boy, oh, boy! Santa was good to my 3!

christmas

santa

The kids weren’t allowed to get up until 6:30 and Maxwell was by our bed right at 6:30! Samantha followed and then they had to walk up Spencer, of course.

santa

Everyone was pretty darn excited and happy. Samantha got her big Barbie head and her purple bike. Spencer got his Legos and Maxwell got his Nintendo Switch. He also got a letter from Santa saying his jersey was on backorder with the elves! Oops!

santa

Santa really is the best!!

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A merry morning for sure!! Have a great weekend!

Christmas Eve

January 10, 2019

By Christmas Eve the kids had already gotten several fun Christmas presents so that morning there were tea parties to be had…

tea party

Barbie houses to be put together…

barbie

and Legos to be built!

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We then put on our holiday finest for church!

susu

church

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The kids wanted to sit in the balcony and after having listened to Samantha complain about how she couldn’t see at the boys’ Christmas concert at school, I thought the front row of the balcony sounded like a great idea. Perfect viewing for all!

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That night we got the cookies and milk ready and did our best to sleep – visions of sugarplums and all!

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Merry merry indeed!

Patterson Christmas

January 9, 2019

We celebrated with my side of the family the weekend before Christmas. My brother and his crew made the trip up from Florida so we could all celebrate together in Birmingham in GJ and Daddo’s new house! Have I mentioned my parents bought the house next door to us? I don’t think I have but they did and it’s AWESOME! They won’t be here all the time but we sure do love it when they are! They may not have much furniture in the house yet but they had Christmas decorations!!

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