Night of Lights and Winter Wonderland

So last night the kids and I, along with my aunt Robin and cousin Jeff, my sister, and nephew, we all went to St Augustine to "Winter Wonderland" at the Amphitheater then headed ton downtown to see all of the BEAUTIFUL Christmas lights.
It was such a GREAT night spending time with some very special people. I wish my mom could have gone with us!

Here are a few photos from the night, these are from my phone. I will post more from my camera later!

Luminaria in Riverside

Every Sunday before Christmas, Riverside Jacksonville has

Luminaria.

My uncle lives in Avondale, so we have a perfect place to go spend time with friends and family then enjoy the beautiful parts of the neighborhood during luminaria.

There are lots of hayrides traveling throughout the neighborhood with people singing Christmas carols and throwing out candy and marshmallows. We got tons of candy thrown at us!!

While driving to the Riverside Christian Church to see the live Nativity Scene we were riding behind Santa himself saying "Ho, Ho, Ho!" The kids were very excited to see him.
I'm so glad that we were able to be a part of it this year since the past two years we have been on vacation in the mountains and have missed it. Oh how I have missed it!

Here are a few photos from lastnight....

I took some more photos but they weren't taken in landscape, they were taken in portrait and they won't upload correctly....



I know, I'm a few weeks late on posting....

This year we had a WONDERFUL

Thanksgiving

We spent the night in Macclenny with Jesse's grandparents Wednesday night then woke up and all cooked together as a nice, happy family

I love Thanksgiving. Of course our day started of with the

Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. We always watch it while we cook. Macy thinks that it is named after her, little does she know that it's named after the store, which however she thinks is also named after her! Gosh, I LOVE that kid!

Can you guess what dish I made???? I used my Ma's recipe for Sweet Potatoe Casserole. It was AMAZING!!!

Here it is!!



Here is my beautiful family at Mike and Michelle's

Me, Tracey, and Leah at Mike and Michelle's

Mike carving the Turkey

Jake being Goofy outside on the lawnmower

Macy and Ashley stunting in the front yard at Grandma and Papa's



Oh.....my.....goodness! Jake is actually eating!!

hold on, it's not healthy food, it's Grandma's banana pudding!!!