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Telluride

March 31, 2025

We just got back from a great week of skiing in Telluride for spring break! Considering my knee surgery just 10.5 weeks ago, I’m mostly thankful that we all made it back home injury free! hooray! We drove to Atlanta last Friday night and spent the night close to the airport and had a stress-free flight Saturday morning…

It was a long travel day – fly to Montrose and then take an hour and a half drive into Telluride. We finally got there around 4:00, got checked into Mountain Lodge, and then took the gondola into town at Cosmopolitan which was really good.

The next morning it was ski time! The day got off to a slow start with a little pass mixup – we had our passes but we were apparently supposed to get a reservation? Robert got it all sorted out but we didn’t get out on the mountain with our instructor, Mark, until about 10am. That’s ok though – we were happy to be there and it was a beautiful day!

We spent the day getting our ski legs back and learning the mountain. Mark was very nice and gave us all some good tips.

Overall it was a super successful day on the mountain! My knee was aching by 4:00 but it made it through…and Mark’s tips came in handy to keep it as safe as possible. That night we went into town and tried to eat at Brown Dog Pizza but it was a 2 hour wait! Our tired, cranky crew wasn’t up for that so we headed back to Mountain Village and got some good pizza at Crazy Elk. Day one done and dusted!

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Naples

January 9, 2025

We still decided to head to Naples after Christmas even if GJ was still in London. Unfortunately, our travel day did not go as planned! Our 10:45am flight into Atlanta kept getting pushed back and Delta could not confirm us on another flight until the next evening! No thank you. We tried to fly Southwest direct into Orlando and rent a car but, that flight ended up getting majorly delayed as well. By 11:30am we were standing at the airport and made the decision to cut our losses and start driving! We pulled out of the parking deck and headed to Naples!

Robert drove the whole way through – about 12 hours – and while it was a very long day and late night, we sure were happy to waked up in Naples the next morning! This only worked because GJ was coming back to Birimingham the next week and could drive my car back. Things just have a way of working out!

The beach was crazy crowded all week – and also strangely foggy for a few of the days – but that didn’t stop us! We hung on the beach, went out for excellent meals, and watched some movies at home. Can’t beat it!

Lobster at Campiello’s!

We also had several good Gary sightings!

The fog!

Samantha and Maxwell dug quite a deep hole!

We also watched the final minutes of the Bama v. Michigan game with our new friends on the beach…wish it had gone the other way!

Roll Tide anyway!

GJ arrived home late on New Year’s Eve so we all (well, most of us!) stayed up until midnight to ring in 2025! We then headed back to Birmingham on the 1st with a thankfully uneventful travel day.

It was great to end the year and start a new one in my favorite place with my favorite people!

Happy New Year!

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more NYC

December 12, 2024

We were up and going early Saturday morning and had a great brunch at Blue Dog Cafe. Samantha got the Pretty in Pink Pancakes! Perfect!

We then headed to Nordstrom where we did quite a bit of shopping. We even found this perfect coat for Samantha! While we wish we had seen it the day before, it was too good to pass up.

Samantha even got to get her fortune told by a giant silver pigeon. Only in NY!

Her fortune was for “glamour” and then she got to go upstairs and put the coin into a machine to get a ring.

My big city girl….

heading to Rockefeller Center!

We saw the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City and it was fantastic as always! The Rockettes are the very best and we loved hearing the Mighty Wurlitzer for Daddo!

Part 2 of day 2 tomorrow!

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More Naples

December 4, 2024

We started Friday with a trip to Skillets, of course. We then hit up the beach.

That night we headed downtown to Campiellos! Yum!

Maxwell took down this breaded and sautéed 1 lb lobster tail with no problem!

The next day we went to see Wicked (so good!) and then watched some football! Roll Tide! Right before the game started, Maxwell called us outside because we had a visitor!!

Gary the Gator was back! He’s SO big and we got a close look at him this time – he’s got a mangled right arm and a nub for his left arm! Gary’s been in some fights!

It’s always fun to see Gary and we’re very thankful he can’t climb up a ladder!!

Sunday we sadly had to head back to Birmingham but are so glad we had such a good Thanksgiving in Naples! Thanks for everything GJ!!

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Thanksgiving at the beach

December 3, 2024

Thanksgiving in Naples was a beautiful and sunny day! Keath and his crew made it over around noon and we feasted on GJ’s turkey and dressing, deviled eggs, sweet potatoes, broccoli salad, apple pie, pecan pie – there is simply nothing better and I can confirm it tastes even better at the beach! I even managed to set up my phone so we could get a group selfie. The kids and I tried it out first…

giving

and then we got the whole gang! Hooray!

giving

After our food settled and some (Robert) took a quick couch nap, we made it down to the beach for sunset.

Of course the boys threw the football…

and Samantha flipped around!

It was a perfect evening.

We then went back to the house for more pie! That’s how you do Thanksgiving!

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