Whew, I am wrapping up the final part of our holidays. After days and days of rain and cold right before Christmas, what we arrived to in Seabrook was amazing! Beautiful blue sky and warm weather. As soon as we got out of the car (and we were all ready to get out), we went straight for the beach. It has been a full year since we have been back at Seabrook and I couldn't wait to get there and see this amazing view again.
The girls couldn't wait to get out and see the sun and stretch their legs as well.
The sunsets every night were out of this world. My Dad taught Ella when she was about 2 or 3 that sunsets are "very special." Now every time she sees a sunset, she says "let's call Papa and tell him we saw a special sunset."
The next morning we had Christmas #2 with my parents and brother and Ms Laura. The girls got spoiled again. Uncle Court had to get Ella a bigger Georgia jersey since she grew out of her last one. I think it was their good luck charm in the bowl game.
Once again, this little girl was all about her Papa and wanted him to help her open all her presents.
Ella loved her umbrella that Ms Laura brought back from the Great Wall of China and Maddie loved her baby doll bjorn carrier!
We had a HUGE surprise for the girls. We planned a big trip for them in late April. We are going on a Disney cruise with my parents for 4 nights and then Disney World for another couple nights after that. I ordered them monogrammed minnie shirts and The Little Mermaid DVD (because we are staying in a Little Mermaid room in Disney.) Below they are opening the DVD and then a sequence of photos of figuring it out. We captured it all on video and it is priceless.
The weather the entire time we were down there was AMAZING. Bright blue skies, warm 65-70 degree temps during the day. On Saturday, my Dad surprised Court and Mike and they went and golfed at the Ocean Course at Kiawah so we had a girls day. We went to lunch at our favorite restaurant and sat outside in December, heavenly.
The restaurant is genius, they serve the kids meal in a frisbee so after the kids eat, they can run around on the grass and play while the adults finish eating or sitting longer and having some cocktails.
The guys golfing, they had such a great day.
Spending late afternoons running around on the beach while the sun was setting is the absolute best. Love seeing my girls with their grandparents is the absolute best!
This little girl is slaying me in these pictures, her sassiness and funny sense of humor comes through so clearly!
I told you these two were inseparable this trip!
Hey blue eyes!
Our final day at the beach was a house divided. The Panthers vs The Falcons and winner goes to playoffs and losers go home so we dressed up in our team colors.
Eating ice cream outside in short sleeves in 70 degrees is a dream! And the Panthers won the game!!
We had such an amazing time at the beach and were sad to say goodbye...
but we came back to home to Christmas #3 with Mike's parents and grandparents. Mike's parents went all out and built the girls the most amazing dollhouse I have ever seen. They got a very rough idea from the Pottery Barn Kids one but made it so much better. My mother made curtains and rugs for the room and it even has hardwood floors on the bottom floor! I would want to move into this house. We told the girls to close their eyes for the big reveal!
All of the rooms were fully furnished and it is amazing!
Playing in the new house with Grandma and Grandpa. It is such a special gift since they made it all and one I know the girls will treasure for a long time.
The girls with Mike's grandmother. She gave them each some money, hence why they are holding cash in their hands.
When the college football bowl game schedule was announced, we found out that Georgia was playing Louisville in the Belk bowl in Charlotte on the 30th. Since Court and Laura both went to Georgia and Laura grew up in Louisville and loves them also, they wanted to go. We were lucky enough to have Mike's parents and grandparents in town to watch the girls so we were able to attend the game with them. It was a frigid night but a big win for the Bulldogs!
We got a special treat and were able to go out on the field during the second half and even got our picture taken with the famous UGA (Georgia's mascot)
It was such a fun night and we treated it like our New Years Eve since we didn't have big plans for the next night.
Whew, I am tired just looking over those pictures again but also so happy remembering all the fun times that were had. We were grateful being able to see so much family but we did miss seeing Mike's sister and brother and their families. I can say the girls had an amazing Christmas and I really hope that despite all the presents and gifts, they will also remember all the fun family time that was spent together as well. Now onto to 2015! I already know 2015 will be a big year with our big Disney trip this spring and then Ella starting kindergarten in the fall, so much to look forward to!
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