Bethany came down to spend a day with us before she headed home for Thanksgiving! We went to Starbucks and ordered with fake names (Topanga, Jill and Milee).
Thanksgiving Day was lovely! Amy came the weekend before Thanksgiving, Rachel arrived the night before and Zach flew in on Thanksgiving. Lots of good food and good company!
Friday, the O'Meara's came to stay for the weekend. We played lots of dutch blitz, watched James Bond, went to the Christmas Light show on Hutchinson Island, spent an afternoon in the park and enjoyed being together!
Then it was time to decorate for Christmas!
We got a real Christmas tree for the first time in 6 years...needless to say we were excited!!
We celebrated my sweet Daddy's birthday with a lovely dinner at Bella's...
...and MercyMe's Christmas concert!
Last weekend we went down to City Market for the open house!
Bethany joined us for the weekend and we saw lots of pretty lights...
...and Christmas Trees! <3
We drove around to look at lights on our way home and found this house! The whole front yard was covered in lights and they said their display wasn't complete. AND they put up 5,000 additional lights after Christmas for New Years!
Saturday we participated in the Color Vibe Run on Hutchinson Island! It was our first 5K...we walked!
It was so much fun!!
We made a gingerbread house on Saturday afternoon.
Saturday night we went to Hutchinson Island to see the light show. We went to the Westin and saw this GIANT christmas tree...
...and lots of gingerbread houses. They had a gingerbread house contest and this was one of the most impressive.
Those are just a few of the highlights from the past few weeks. Not only am I done with school for about a month, I have gotten to spend time with some of my favorite people over these past few weeks! I am so glad my family is home! We are enjoying spending the Christmas season here in the states, taking in the lights, listening to lots of good music and keeping up old traditions! I hope you have a happy Christmas season, enjoy being with loved ones and making memories! I'll leave you with one of my favorite Christmas tunes...
Enjoy!
