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…

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

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

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!

We truly enjoyed the sand and the sun!

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

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

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

We started Saturday morning with a cup of hot chocolate – the best!

After some morning rain, we finally got out to do an easy hike on Satula and burn off some energy with the Woods. Spencer managed to find every single puddle on the way up and down! ha!

Pretty views at the top…

and silly kids!

When we came back down the mountain, look what we saw! Spencer is MAJOR into all the Jurassic movies right now.

Spencer wanted to drive away in it!!

Samantha thought it was pretty cool too!

We then watched a great Iron Bowl that night. Roll Tide! Sunday morning it was time to pack up and head out. We had a pretty easy drive home – despite some crazy drivers around Atlanta. It was a wonderful trip all around! Big thanks to Lou Lou and Granddaddy for everything!

On Friday morning we started the day with a healthy breakfast – chocolate muffins AND a doughnut! Woohoo!

It was bitter cold that day so we opted against a hike and went into town to check out the ice skating rink. Who did we see when we pulled up? The main man himself!!

“I want a mermaid Barbie” (which she already has 5 of!)

“I want Jurassic World Legos”

“I’m not ready to say what I want yet. I’ll let you know!” Ha!

Something tells me these three are all on the “nice” list and will be getting whatever they want!

We then laced up our rented skates and made it about 30 minutes around the rink with our friend, Henry.

The kids actually all did great. Maxwell was on his own the whole time…

Spencer stayed with Robert…

and I had Samantha.

They LOVED it and would have stayed all day if we could have. We’ll definitely do it again!

Such a fun day!

Ho Ho Ho!