Jason, Whitney and Jackson

Grandma and Grandpa came out from Utah and joined us for Spring Break. We were excited to get out and try new things, and we did! It was a jammed packed break and it was awesome.

Daytona Beach was our first stop.

 Then we hit up the boardwalk.

The boys went go carting and as we waited for our dinner reservations. 

We ate Seafood in a restaurant that went out over the water. We had a great view of water and the beach. It was a fun meal. 

One day Seth and I made bread together, it was one of my favorite memories

That afternoon we headed to a baseball game. It was a Braves Spring training game. 

We had amazing weather at the ballpark.

We experienced a true Florida experience by going on an air boat ride. We got up close and personal to gators! Whoa I didn't take many pictures of the gators because they were scary. We got so close to one and it hissed at us! Agh! Afterwards there was a little zoo we walked through and saw some unique and very Florida animals.

Grandma and Grandpa headed home. We spent the rest of the week playing baseball in the backyard. We caught baseball fever! Enjoyed the beautiful weather by hitting the pool and preparing for Easter.
Our good friends had us over for an Easter egg hunt and a nice lunch.
Our Spring Break concluded with a wonderful Easter Sunday and Conference Weekend. Two of my favorite things combined. Sunday night we had our traditional after conference dinner outside. It was a very special meal.

Springtime brought us some great weather and it produced some great times and adventures. Jack had a day off school one day and we headed to the beach. It was not a super warm day but we all sure enjoyed being in the sun, the sand and listening to the waves.

 

Our garden started to bloom and we were able harvest some tomatoes, spring pea shoots, lettuce, radishes and bananas! The Bougainvillea bloomed and it was a sight to see.

For Valentine's Day we had a visit from Aunt Nelly.

We got tickets to a show downtown Orlando at a new theater.

Mom and watched Jack and were able to have a night out on the town before the show.

We went to Jake's restaurant Boca and we had a wonderful meal.

That same weekend we were able to enjoy the nice weather and headed to the orange grove where we had some fun picking oranges and riding in the cart making memories.

 Valentines day Breakfast.It's always a favorite of mine.

A new year brought new experiences.

Jack started piano from Miss Becky 

 My good friend Ami and I started taking a online bread class.

We made a lot of different kinds of bread. It was great to be able to be creative and learn a new skill. It was also something that made the boys very happy. 

Plus it was fun to spend my Thursday mornings with Ami in her kitchen!

We decorated our tree and got our house ready for our second Christmas in the same home! That's a record! We've been somewhere different every year. It was nice to be settled and decorating was a whole lot easier because I had done it before.

 How wonderful that was to deliver those cookies with Jackson and Jason beside me. 

We've all come so far and have been so blessed.

Oh and this happened!

 As usual, December was full of parties and celebrations that kept us pretty busy.

 New Year's Eve

We stayed home and watched  Jack cook in the James Beard Kitchen via webcam. It was so exciting watching him perform his magic while in New York. We did let off a few fireworks and just had a low key night at home together. That's the way we like it.

had Aunt Nelly come visit and we were able to celebrate her birthday! We attended the teddy bear picnic at school with Jackson and went to Universal. There were baseball games and jacket weather.

 Thanksgiving came and Jason took off the whole week from work. Jack also had the whole week off from school. It was glorious to have a "Staycation" . We went out to eat to movies and enjoyed having Jason home! Jack really got into the holiday dressing the part and creating a thanksgiving feast with his Lego's.  Jack and Nana carried on their tradition of watching the Macy's Thanksgiving parade. We had Thanksgiving at our house.  We had Mom and Dad, Aunt Lynn and Robert, Granddad and the Sister Missionaries. We had a nice meal and even had a couple of rounds of Thanksgiving bingo and played a little football.

 Jason, Jack and My dad worked on building a little patio for a new fire pit. It was quite the project and we all enjoyed the fruit of their labors. We've already had a lot of good times around the fire!

November is one of my favorite months in Florida. The weather is always great and we can start getting back outside to do stuff without the oppressive heat.