Happy Holidays!!!

I can't believe it's been over a month since I've written anything! That just shows how crazy we are this time of year! I'll do my best to sum up the events of the past few weeks starting with Thanksgiving.

We headed up to Ocala to celebrate with Brian's family. We ended up staying at his parent's house the entire weekend. We had planned to take a short camping trip after the holiday, but had to cancel since the temperatures were going into the 40s at night! However, it was almost like camping at his mom's house since she lives on a dead end street and is surrounded by trees. Hallie had a blast playing with her cousins all weekend. I'm sure she was happier there. Thanksgiving was nice - as usual, there was plenty of delicious foods and all of Brian's immediate family was there along with Uncle Jim's family. The trip also gave Brian a chance to say goodbye to his grandfather who passed away only a few weeks later.

Back in Fort Lauderdale, Hallie and I had three short weeks of school before our Christmas vacation. Brian was able to take the kids to see the play "A Christmas Carol" at the Broward Center. Aiden still laughs if you say, "bah humbug" to him! He sat on Brian's lap the entire time watching intently. He LOVES the theater!

I spent a day with the children at my Aunt Cindi's house making Christmas cookies. The favorite was the S'more cookies that took me almost the whole day to make and were a huge mess, but definitely worth the effort!!!

The best news we have to share is that my parents have semi-retired and moved to Port St Lucie, Fl, which is only a little over an hour away from us! This has actually inspired Brian and I to start looking at houses in this area since they are so inexpensive. We put an offer on a 4 bedroom with an office that we loved - so please say a quick prayer that it gets accepted! It was a short sale, so if we don't hear anything in a few weeks we have two other houses that interested us that we can consider.

It was very exciting for us to be able to spend Christmas with my parents and not have to get on an airplane to see them. We'll be heading back to Port St Lucie tomorrow to visit with my brother who is on his way driving down with his wife as a write this. I will probably stay at my parents with the kids through New Year's and then head home and go back to work Monday :(

That's how are holidays have been in a nutshell! Hope everyone has a happy and healthy new year!