Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Christmas!

We had a great Christmas and are having a wonderful break together!  The days leading up to Christmas were spent relaxing and playing.  We did a puzzle,


played at Lakes Park,


drove around and looked at Christmas lights,


went for walks outside,


and played on the playground at the beach!


We opened our stockings and Christmas pjs on Christmas Eve, and then the rest of our gifts on Christmas morning!





























Monday, December 23, 2013

Christmas Time

We are loving our time off together - it was much needed!

Here are our new ornaments for the tree!  I got a camera, Matt got a grill, and Ava got Elmo :)




We got two new decorations for the house at Barnes & Noble



and then just put out the few things we already had!



My favorite Christmas decoration every year is this nativity scene I got from my mom one year for Christmas!  She gave me the palm tree portion of it for my birthday and it stays out year round.


The stockings are hung extra high :)


Here is our tree!
Yes, it is missing the top, and no we did not get a discount :(


I stuffed my Colts santa hat with newspaper and put it on the top since we were missing the branches to hang our star :)


We made lots of Christmas Candy for friends (and ourselves), and even went to see Santa!



Awe man, maybe next year!

Monday, December 16, 2013

Go Patriots!

Ava and I got Matt tickets to a Patriots game for Father's day earlier this year!  We have been looking forward to the trip for awhile and had so much fun together!


While Matt packed up the truck, I took Ava and Brady for a ride.




Next, it was off to Miami!  When we got to the hotel Ava and I played in the lobby while Matt got us checked in.  Then, we got changed and went to the pool.




The hotel had a koi pond that Ava loved!



On Sunday we had a great time at the game!  We left pretty early so we would have a few hours to tailgate.






Ava didn't sit for too long in our seats, but she was well behaved all day :)











The Patriots owner was in the box above us :)


The Patriots didn't win, but it was a close game and we still had so much fun!


The next morning we went out for some smoothies, relaxed in the hotel room, and then were on our way home.



We stopped for gas on Alligator Alley and saw this...