We hope everyone had a great December and a great Holiday. It was a fun month - here are some highlights:
First was the QT with fam. Scott's last day of work at ProFlowers was on Dec 10, so we've got to have him all to ourselves for the last couple of weeks. We started off enjoying the winter season by sledding down the grass in my parent's front yard.
Once we had that down, we were ready for the next level, so we took a trip to Snow Mountain, where they fill the lawn in front of Stone Mountain with man-made snow and have downhill tubing, snowball targets, igloo building and other assorted snow fun - the kids of course had a blast.
Being Christmas and also currently being homeless, we had plenty of time to spend with mine and Scott's family. Here is a photo of Jack and Tay at a gingerbread-making shop with Grammy, and also a photo from the park with Grandpa and Grandma Becky. That modified see-saw looks harmless, but Scott's brother, Jay, is still limping from an attempted back flip off of it. His consolation was that it looked cool AND it got on video. Definitely Scott's brother.
The next big event was, obviously, Christmas. It's great having little kids around for the Christmas season, because it brings back all the magic. While Scott is still undecided as to how he feels about promoting the myth of Santa Clause for our children, this is a point of childhood that I do not want them to miss, so we mae sure to put out cookies for Santa on Christmas eve and even scrapped together some carrots from a salad for the reindeer. You can see Jack, Tay and their cousins below just full of excitement for the big day.
Gift highlights for the kids were a powerwheel for Jack and a doll house and stroller for Tay. We again did the back-to-back-to-back-to-back Christmas functions with all of my family / extended family and then Scott's family and extended family - we started at 7 and ended around 7 at night.
Perhaps the coolest part of the Xmas this year was that it was the first white Christmas in Atlanta since 1882 - we were apparently due.
The last big event of the month was Meg Nemeth's wedding! She was stunning, Brian is a great guy, and we're totally stoked they got married and that we got to go up to Chicago for it (A big thank you to the Hendricks for letting us crash at their place). They had the rehearsal dinner on Thursday night and then the ceremony and reception on Friday, New Year's Eve. There was a great band and we danced until the countdown to ring in the new year - we had a great time (my dress compliments of Mayer--Roomies forever!!)!
After brining in the new year on such a high note, we decided to make it official by doing the polar bear plunge in Lake Michigan. Now we all know who was behind this event, and my being in tears just seconds before shedding my coats and jumping in the water was not enough to dissuade Scott's resolution that this was the right way to celebrate the dawn of 2011. You can see the shore of Lake Michigan - and no, that's not white sand!
So we did it! it felt like needles poking into your entire body, and after getting out of the water and getting back into our car, we put our hands in front of the heater and gritted our teeth while our hands pulsated with an intense burning pain. But we survived. Who knows why we do these kind of things, but now we can all enjoy the pictures and videos, so the memories can last a life time.
We hope you all have a great start to 2011 and hope to hear how you're all doing.
Lots of love,
TFK
7 comments:
Caroline! So great to see your fun, white Christmas! I loved seeing your polar bear plunge! You are sooo much fun..and crazy!!! That is awesome that you did it though! We are still talking about Jackson around here! Happy New Year!
Sounds like your Christmas was busy but fun! They had the Polar Bear Plunge here in Del Mar but I am sure your experience was a little more frigid! We miss you guys!
Can't believe you did the polar bear plunge! You're a wild woman!
so great to see you guys at the wedding!! It was awesome to hear how you are doing...yay! so much fun! I totally didn't see you guys leave...bummer:(
OH MY GOSH!! Watching your polar bear plunge is PAINFUL!!! I think I stopped breathing..
You are too much!!
How fun to have a white Christmas! I thought of you guys when I heard about it on the news. OH, and that polar bear plunge....crazy! What a great thing to have checked off your "bucket list" in life, right? :) I can't believe how grown up Tay is looking. Let us know if you come back to visit SD. We'd love to see you guys.
polar bear plunge?! January? Zane used to do one in March on the first day of spring in Northern Utah and we thought THAT was bad. Love how many things you guys do. Looks like you are enjoying life. We just got back from a cruise that went out of San Diego. We thought of you both while we were there.
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