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The beach

April 10, 2018

Of course we also made it to the beach while down in Naples!

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The water was still a little chilly so we didn’t do much swimming but that didn’t bother the kids one bit. They’d rather play in the sand anyway!

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beach

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beach

This made me laugh…as if fair skinned Spencer EVER needs to lay directly in the sun! ha! He’s got a bright future full of swim shirts and beach umbrellas! πŸ™‚

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My beach babies!

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beach

While the water was chilly, that didn’t stop Samantha from wading out farther than she needed to go. I kept telling her she was getting too far and she needed to come back. She wouldn’t listen. “I’m fine!”

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Well, she took one more step and wasn’t fine and I had to dash out there in my cover up to pull her up and out of the water. Not fun. I was thankful to get back home and swim in the hot tub again where her toes can touch the bottom!

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Beach babies out in the sun!

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Naples

April 9, 2018

We headed down to Naples for Spring Break two weeks ago and, as always, had a great time!

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We swam in the heated hot tub at home…

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and went to the heated pool at the club!

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pool

We rode scooters and trikes…

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and climbed our favorite tree.

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We baked treats…

treats

and ate treats!

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Of course we went to Target…

target

and had breakfast at Skillets where Spencer decided he actually liked bacon! (smart boy!)

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Princess Samantha reigned over us all…

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and the boys even got pampered at the salon getting some Easter haircuts!

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naples

We hung out with Daddo…

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and loved on GJ!

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Of course, all the fun wore us out…

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and we can’t wait to go back!

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We love Naples!

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Back at it

April 2, 2018

We’re back at it today after a week on spring break in our favorite place!

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We rolled back into town on Friday just in time for egg hunts and Easter. Let’s see how long it takes me to catch up on pictures!

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The Lake

March 6, 2018

Over President’s Day weekend, my friend nicely invited me and the kids to go to her lake house. Another friend and her kids joined and we had quite the crew – 3 moms and 8 kids! None of us were quite sure how it was going to go but, thanks to some beautiful weather and kids that got along GREAT, it turned out to be the BEST weekend! The lake is still low so they have this great beach area which was perfect for digging, building dams, and getting really dirty!

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Spencer sat in the water by himself for probably 2 hours just stacking rocks and having the best time…

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Everyone was so happy to be outside!

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lake

lake

Samantha and Leslie Hales were like peas in a pod all weekend…

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samantha

Because everyone played so hard outside, they all miraculously slept incredibly well! woohoo!

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Overall it was a better weekend than any of us expected with this cute crew!

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Hooray for weekends away with sweet friends!

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Bahama Breeze

February 21, 2018

As I mentioned last month, Robert and I celebrated 10 years of marriage in January! To celebrate he surprised me with a trip to the Bahamas – woohoo! The weather gods tried to keep us from our fun by bringing some ice to Birmingham and Atlanta but we didn’t let that stop us. After too many cancellations by Delta, we ended up driving over to Atlanta Wednesday night in order to be there to catch our flight on Thursday. We were in the Bahamas by lunchtime that day!

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We stayed at The Ocean Club in Paradise Island and it was beautiful. Truly beautiful – the hotel, the grounds, the art – all of it was just perfect.

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hotel

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The weather was slightly on the chilly side so no swimming but plenty of lying in the sun with a good book. We also visited the spa and ate lots of good food. Not much more I could ask for! At times, I even got a little more than I could ask for thanks to our room butlers…

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haha! We did not expect that in our room Saturday afternoon!

We had dinner in Nassau the first night at Cafe Matisse and it was excellent. On the night of our anniversary we ate at Dune at the hotel and it was fantastic.

dune

On Saturday night we took a car over to the Atlantis to explore and check out the fish…

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fish

and let Robert play craps while I did some really good people watching!

atlantis

We had a great dinner at Nobu too.

Overall the trip was better than we had hoped – relaxing and fun and wonderful! And when you’re traveling alone you get to take lots of selfies! Robert loved that. Β πŸ™‚

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bahamas

Meanwhile, back on the home front, GJ and Daddo were so nicely holding down the fort…with a little help from Susan too!

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home

I’m so grateful for the time away with my favorite husband! πŸ™‚ The sun, the sand, and the time alone were the best way to ring in another decade!

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I love you Robert! Thank you for the wonderful celebration!! Where are we going for 20?!

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