Utah Aquarium

Sounds crazy I know... visiting an Aquarium in Utah... but the place was great and kept us entertained for well over 4 hours.

Snow Fun

There was some great snow adventures in Park City.  From tubing at Gorgoza to mini snow mobile riding for Lily to sledding behind our condo and making snow men & snow angels.  Lily sure loves the snow.

Park City

For Presidents Day weekend, or should I say a very extended weekend, we got to fly out to Park City and enjoy all the fun activities we love in the snow.  Lily had a blast and we got a few things done around the condo too (new flooring in the living room, all the carpet stretched, etc.).  It was certainly an activity filled week

Chris and Lily enjoying some tasty donuts

 Kim & Lily

 Great hat...

 View from the airplane over the mountains

 Awe... Utah

Another awesome Christmas in Florida

It seems each time we go to our Florida house, it just keeps getting better and better.  I'm sure it is the awesome company we always seem to have.  But honestly, the house is pretty darned great too. 

We were super lucky to have Grandma Merry, Papa Ronnie, Aunt Jodi and Andy down this year.  Only wish they could have stayed longer. 

During our stay we accomplished much and still got to be tourist every day as well.  We did the epoxy layer on our garage floor which turned out great.  Now we have a really clean garage that I we are very proud of.  We also finally got the walls built up around the outdoor shower so if you want to take a full on naked shower outside no one will see you.

Of course we made it to Sanibel and got to Bonita or Barefoot Beaches each and every day.  Other items to note:  We found more shells in 3 hours one day (just after the new moon), Lily and Chris went parasailing up to 1200 feet.  Lily got to go twice because another group on the boat needed a little extra weight.  She loved it!  Next time we are definitely doing the jet ski dolphin trip. 

Here are some pictures of our trip

Gotta have sno cones at Bonita Beach

Lily & Chris parasailing at 1200 feet

Beach time (Lily & Chris)

Lily modelling her post Christmas shopping buys (complete with Jojo bow)

Making new friends & walking like crabs

Lily's new hobby at the beach = chasing birds

Shells on the beach became...

Many shells for our home

Opening Christmas gifts (Papa Ronnie, Aunt Jodi & Lily)

Kids Night Out

About once a month, our wonderful communities kids program hosts a Kids Night Out where the parents can drop off their kids and go out for a nice dinner while the kids get to have their own night out.  This particular weekend they hosted a Kids Night Out at the same time the parents got to go to the opening ceremony of our new clubhouse.  The Kids had 20 others and some good food to enjoy, while the parents had approximately 700 of our neighbors enjoying our brand new clubhouse.  The community spared no expense with full bars located all over the clubhouse and food stations set up all over as well.  The food was incredible and the drinks were great as well.  It truly was a fun evening getting dressed up and enjoying all our friends and neighbors  And the new clubhouse is truly extraordinary.  Just another reason for you all to come visit us.

Lily in front of the tree at the old clubhouse

The Toothless Wonders Take Zoolights at the National Zoo

Another added holiday bonus of living around DC is taking your kids to zoolights at the National Zoo (for free mind you).  We were joined this year by the wonderful Bober's (Mike, Elizabeth and girls Simone and Dahlia).  We had a fantastic, yet very chilly evening.  Both Lily (age 7) and Simone (age 6) have a few teeth missing in these pictures so I thought the title of this post was fitting.

U.S. Botanical Gardens

The U.S. Botanical Gardens (right next to the U.S. Capitol) is usually a less visited spot on the National Mall, but it truly is a treasure to visit more than once even.  The orchid room is super spectacular.  And during the holidays, they do a great train display in addition to a gingerbread house display of house replicas of all the major buildings in DC.  It gives us a reason to pop in every holiday season and this season was as impressive as always.