It's a dreary Sunday and while I should be starting my Christmas decorating, I have chosen to take the day to catch my breath after such a wonderful, family filled weekend...and start tomorrow instead. I think after I am done with this blog, I might just throw a "fake" log in the fireplace and nestle in to watch some Christmas movies. But first, I want to share some of my photos from all of the fun. Everyone was able to travel safely to be here this holiday and it just reminds me again how special these moments are! We had people and dogs in every nook and cranny and it couldn't have been any better!
My fun started with Hudson's 16th birthday celebration downtown at Mark's Prime. "Light Up Ocala" had just happened so everything was beautiful and it was warm enough for us eat out on the patio-which is our favorite place to be!
My family from out of town stayed at my house but we did our feast at daughter #3's home. We managed a few group shots and the rest are just a few random photos throughout the day. As usual, I start out with good intentions and then just put the camera down and don't think about it again.
My grand daughter's boyfriend took this one but we wanted one with him in the picture so he set up the timer. He wasn't quite as good at that as my sister-in-law is but, in her absence, we took what we could get. Lol
At least no heads were cut off in the taking of this picture. Lol
Jen's 2 beautiful tables.
And one more little birthday celebration with the whole gang!
The next day we were all up in Gainesville for my brother's 70th birthday celebration. What fun it was to have the whole family from both sides, old and new friends and neighbors all there to help him celebrate his big day. We had a wonderful time visiting and then getting a a big circle and sharing so many stories and memories we have of him from his 70 years!
My brother has been a runner and loved the color pink for most of his life so my sister-in-law used pink, black and silver as the color scheme and asked me to make everyone a runner's "medal" using all of his "teacher" pictures from his 30 plus years of teaching. It was so much fun to look at his pictures as he "progressed" through the years.
And then, of course, Saturday was the BIG game between UF and FSU. And, because we are now a house divided, it is a big one! Most of my family went but I was supposed to be dog sitting. As it turned out, daughter #1 decided to head home early to beat the traffic and ended up taking both dogs with her...so I was home alone watching the game. As much as I would have loved to have been with the gang, since it was a late game and I had had a super full week, I was kind of glad to be sitting with my feet up. It was a good game but let's just say that out of the ENTIRE, VERY LARGE family on both sides, only 2 of us were super happy with the outcome! Lol
So, I'm off to think about Christmas and maybe make some plans...and then, hopefully, hit the ground running tomorrow. I'll be back and hopefully when I am, I will be sharing the house ready for Christmas. Stay safe and stay tuned.
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