2014

Well the last 10 days of 2013 were full of excitement! Baylee had a 2 day volleyball camp at OVA and my bubby wubby turned 9!!! Oh and Christmas too! As usual we went a little overboard... 

2014 is starting off great! We've already had lots of fun and have lots of fun things planned! Last weekend we went to Punta Gorda for a wrestling tournament, Coop did pretty good. We had a great time driving down there Saturday and hanging out together Saturday night. We were even able to go to the beach! Boca Grande was an awesome beach, the weather was great and the kids were able to wade around in the water. 

Lots of good things coming up in 2014....Baylee's getting braces, Cooper is wrestling and playing 8 on 8 tackle, Baylee has flag football starting soon, lots of day trips, long weekends and vacations too!

     Aunt Holly picked Cooper up from school early and took him and his cousins out to DQ for his birthday! Those are the kind of things he'll remember for ever!

Coop eating his birthday lunch, out of all the places in Orlando, IDrive, and Disney he wanted lunch at a Chinese Buffett!

While Baylee was at VB camp we went bowling!

Baylee being embarrassed because she had to stand next to Peanut on the kiddie ride at Bass Pro

Baylee's OVA camp photo

Dinner at Hooter's for Cooper's birthday

December 21st....swimming in FL! We've had a pretty warm winter this year so far

On Christmas Eve we went to an outside musical at the town square

Harper left Santa a letter, a Hello Kitty picture and a few tic tacs! The kids each got IPads (among other things) for Christmas!

Adam and I went to 4 River's for our anniversary....BEST.BBQ.EVER.

View outside our patio at our hotel in Punta Gorda

On the dock at our hotel

One of the lighthouses on Boca Grande

Baylee

The sand felt great! The water was a little chilly but some people were swimming

Looking at the ocean from another light house on the island

Looking at the light house from the water

At Fisherman's Marina, even though it wasn't real Harp didn't want to get too close

Look at those two blue eye cuties!

Daddy and his little mermaid

Baylee gets a tshirt everywhere we go, here she is in her Fisherman's Villiage Marina shirt

Morning view from the room

Harper LOVED the sink in the hotel's bathroom

My sweet boy taking a nap

It's Almost Christmas!

Christmas is one of my most favorite times of year! It doesn't seem like Christmas though, it's been hotter than usual, in the mid 80's! We're enjoying this weather, I'm a little homesick though. Nothing compares to the Christmases back home!

We've slowed down some which is nice. We pulled the hospital's float in the Christmas parade and had tons of fun! Coop and Harper got to ride on the float and throw candy out. Our float was awesome and came in 2nd! Baylee rode on the Harmony float and had a great time.

This past Friday was the hospital's Christmas party....and I planned it all and it was AWESOME! Party planning is hard work and I never want to do it on that scale again but everyone loved it and had a great time.

Saturday we went to Grandma Millers for Christmas brunch. That was really nice and different from the usual lunch/dinners. It was so hot that day! We went shopping afterwards and had dinner at a new place on IDrive.

Harper got to go ice skating with her class last week and really liked it, her favorite part: riding on a real yellow school bus! Cooper's birthday is in 2 days! He's so excited! Baylee has volley ball camp this weekend and she's really looking forward to that.

Tree at The Mall at Millennia, I love their Christmas decorations. We had a nice dinner at the Cheesecake Factory where, as usual, we were too full to eat any actual cheesecake and had to take it with us! 

    Christmas Float:

    Scott did a really great job planning this out!

    One of the trees at the Hyatt (Peabody)

    It was great venue and I was shocked to realize that I ROCK at party planning!

Baylee and Dad at Grandma Millers

Briella Bug is Back!!! Harper is SO SO SO happy! Best Christmas gift ever for Peanut!

LOVE him!

Harper was not happy that other people got to hold her Bug!

Got her back!

All but 2 of the grand kids 

A trip to Bass Pro always includes this pic!

Got to pet this little guy!

Awesome dinner outside at The Brick House! It was one of those rare nights, the atmospher was great, the food was even better and the kids we're all acting fantastic!

Yes, Baylee ate a whole pizza!

Selfie by Coop! They had a huge outdoor fire pit that you could sit around!

Cooper and Champ fell asleep watching Home Alone