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January 18, 2022

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

fishing

fishing

fishing

fishing

Samantha and Robert went on a wave runner…

wave runner

wave runner

and the kids and I went parasailing!! Woohoo!

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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!!

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sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

Dip!

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Up we go with Maxwell!

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sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

sail

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

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

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Down we go…

sail

and dip!

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

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Naples

January 14, 2022

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

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

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xmas

xmas

iPad

We then got down to the business of enjoying Naples!

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naples

maples

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We even had a return visit from our gator…

gator

and made friends with two turtles on the beach!

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turtle

turtle

Off to the beach!

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beach

Lots of sand castles!

sand castle

beach

beach

Lunch volcanoes…

beach

and dinner out!

dinner

Roll Tide! SEC Championship!

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Sing 2! So good!

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sing 2

Ice cream!

ice cream

and CCCs of course!

ccc

Fireworks for 2022!

fireworks

fireworks

More adventures to come!

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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

falcons

flacons

falcons

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

falcons

falcons

A fun after Christmas treat!

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Christmas Morning

January 11, 2022

The kids were up bright and early – but they had to wait until the first number was a 6 before coming into our room! They were there exactly at 6:00! Excitement was high!!

xmas morning

Santa delivered on just about everything – with a few surprises too!

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xmas morning

It was so fun to watch while they checked everything out!

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xmas morning

xmas morning

xmas morning

When Samantha noticed the Ms. Pac-Man Machine!

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paceman

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I think this was Maxwell’s favorite present despite his face here – his new Greenlight card!

greenlight

Samantha’s new dress up shoes!

dress up

Authentic 1980s Totally Hair Barbie!

barbie

Everyone had fun with Ms. Pac-Man!

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paceman

We then opened the presents from each other. Maxwell was very proud of the gigantic present he wrapped for Dad…

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present

which turned out to be a tiny chapstick! ha!

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Robert and I provide our middle-ageness by getting each other Theragun products! Our aching bodies need help!!

xmas morn

Samantha wasn’t excited at all about her present from us…

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and that’s when she thought it was just LOL pajamas! Then she saw that she got tickets to see LOL Live on Stage!! Woohoo!

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lol

The boys then opened one of our presents and they got tickets too! Tickets to see the Falcons play the next day in Atlanta!! Rise up!

falcons

They then watched a special video from Boban Marjanović, a player for the Dallas Mavericks telling them they’ve got tickets to see the Cavs play the Magic in Dallas in January!! Headed to the Big D!

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It was a fantastic Christmas morning with lots of smiling, happy faces…like this one!

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That’s Samantha with some of her new makeup out of her caboodle!!

Merry merry indeed!

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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

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.

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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!!

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xmas eve

xmas eve

xmas eve

Samantha was on fire with the silliness!

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xmas eve

xmas eve

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xmas eve

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!

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

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xmas eve

xmas eve

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

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Filed Under: Holidays, MBB, Robert, SKB, SPB

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