Santa Clause done came to town

We are back from Christmas vacation and we had such a great time in FL! Here are the high points in pictures...

The first night there we had a playdate with my friend Heather and cutie patootie Lyla.
I went to New Orleans to see my friend Jo, meet her new baby boy Brant, and pick up Kristi and bring her home to Pcola for Christmas. It was such a fun visit and Brant is so sweet and absolutely adorable. I hope I get to see more of him!

We went out to the beach one night to eat at Flounders and look at all the lights they had brought over from the now closed Zoo. It was odd to me to have lit up kangaroos and gorillas on the boardwalk, but whatever...

I was SO happy to get to see a bunch of my favorite girls while in town. Its hard to see everyone so we attempted a get together in order to just see each other all at once. It was a fun little girly brunch and I was happy to be surrounded by so many sweet friends, and babies! I finally met Charleigh Lynnee, and she is PRECIOUS!
We started baking some cookies, my sister in law Chris is quite the cook, and my mom found this cute apron...how cute is K in it?!?!?!

On Christmas Eve my sisters and their families came over. It was a house FULL and I was so happy to see all my nieces and nephews together and having such a blast. The cousins all drew names and they had to get a gift for one of their other cousins. The kids exchanged their gifts with each other, and then they opened presents from Nanny and Papa. After all the eating and present opening was complete, we all headed to church for the Christmas Eve service. I loved taking up all those rows with our big family, we are so very blessed. Kennedy was SO cute in her red dress and I could not for the life of me get her to stand still and look at the camera! Christmas morning was so fun! I was excited that Santa was coming to see Kennedy this year. She was super excited to see all her new toys. I think she liked her ice cream truck a lot!the kids on Christmas morning
Dad bought mom a fire pit for Christmas so that night we made some s'mores. YUMMMMMMMM. I really do love the taste of roasted marshmellows! Our cousins came over too, JJ and Angie, who we dont get to see a lot, so my brother and I were excited to spend some time with them.
One night we met up with Ash and Hamid for some dinner and Sherlock Holmes. Good movie, even better fun friends. I love these guys!
We were able to see so many people while we were in town since we were there for 9 whole days. One night we hung out with my old friend David and his wife Noelle and their adorable kids. The kids had such a fun time playing together. I love how they just meet and are immediately cool playing with each other all night long...
I had to take to Tor to the airport to go to a wedding in Orlando. It was funny but I didnt realize we wouldnt see one another again til the summer until I pulled into the airport drop off lane. I of course started to tear, being the emotional crazy person I am. I just love my TORI! we left the next day headed back to Ohio and it was a long trip. but we had a great driver!

I hope you all had a really fantastic Christmas and are pumped for the new year. Our year will definitely be different from the past considering recent events, so stay tuned for more info on that...

HAPPY NEW YEAR's EVE EVERYONE!