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January 8, 2026

After all the Christmas fun we headed down to Naples for some R&R!

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First night – Bricktops! Always a hit.

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The first few days we had perfect beach weather!

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Next dinner – Chop’s! Everyone enjoyed but I can’t say I’d go back.

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Of course Spencer got his Skillets!

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More beach – and we were glad they didn’t give our chairs away that we had snagged earlier that morning!

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Judge Judy sighting!

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Me, Robert and Maxwell joined GJ for the beach exercise class!

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But there was plenty of this too…

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and more than plenty of Uno and Scrabble!

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and way more than plenty of these two fighting….

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Dinner at the Beach Club…

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The weather then turned very chilly but we still made it to the beach for some walking and football…

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and then another beach walk on New Year’s Day – including a starfish!

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We then had one final dinner at Campiello!

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Then back home to Birmingham – but we can’t wait for our next Naples trip!

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It was a great end to a fantastic year. Although, I’m acutely aware of how much I’m going to miss these golden days and ages. I’d do 2025 all over again and I guess that’s the best way to end the year.

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We’re ready for 2026!

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Christmas day

January 7, 2026

After all the excitement of Christmas morning we got cleaned up and everyone came over for lunch.

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We had beef tenderloin, broccoli salad, scallped potatoes, deviled eggs, creamed corn, rolls, apple cranberry cake, chocolate sheet cake, and iced cookies! The majority of it thanks to the very best GJ!!

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It was the merriest (and warmest!) of Christmas days with my favorite people!

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Merry Christmas!

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Christmas morning

January 6, 2026

We were all happy to wake up Christmas morning and see that Santa had come!

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I got a very special present from Maxwell and he captured me opening it on his new digital camera!

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Of course, there’s always oooonnnneee more present, right?!

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Rizz-tastic!

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The very best Christmas morning!!

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Christmas Eve

January 5, 2026

It was a sunny and warm Christmas Eve here! I started the day at my favorite place – the tennis court!

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Then it was home to get the tables all set and prep some food – which I didn’t have to do too much of thanks to GJ!

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We then got all cleaned up for the 1:00 brunch at the club…

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It was a beautiful day at the club!

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After brunch we went to the 5:00 church service. Robert, Maxwell and GJ headed up there early to save our row! They got there about 3:45 when the 3:00 service got out and that was good because it was almost filled up by 4:00! After church we headed over to the Moore’s for some good cheer with friends…

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When we got back home the kids got to open the presents from each other…

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We then even left some cookies for Santa!

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I sure do love Christmas with this trio…

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Merry Christmas eve!

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HNY

January 1, 2026

Can’t wait for another year of adventures with my favorite people!!

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Happy 2026!

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