Charlie Brown Tree continued...

Does anyone know where we can find a GOOD Christmas tree? Or maybe we just need someone to tag along with us to help us pick one out because it's either Lowes fault, or ours. I'd rather say Lowes because no one really wants to blame themselves! LOL! If you look at my post from last Christmas, you can see the comparison. We picked out our tree from Lowes (again) this year and it seamed okay when we opened it up and shook it a little, but when we brought it hope, to much surprise (not really) it was tiny with falling branches... BUT Tyler did decorate it all by himself (just about) and loves it, which makes us happy. Merry Christmas!


This is Eric holding tree at Lowes.. so far, so good..

We bring the tree home.. it's skinny, but looks like it may still be "full"

Eric took this picture at a angle to make it look better..

This is a section of the tree decorated

GOOOOOOoooo PANTHERS!!

Monday Night+ Football = PANTHERS WIN!! We were able to get tickets to the Panther vs. Bucs game on December the 8th through some great friends of ours! We sat 7 rows up from the field.... now THOSE are some AWESOME seats! It was a cold night that night so we were all bundled up in our long-johns, gloves, scarves, everything we could wear to stay nice and toasty! It did help that we played a great game so we were constantly jumping up and down and hi-fiving just about anyone in our reach!! Hopefully next seasone we can bring Tyler to a game!

Stacy, Me, Jen in our cute little beanies!

Our view from our seats!

Our little tail-gating crew before the game. (Jen, John, Josh, Stacy, Eric and me!)

Thanksgiving in Florida

We flew down to Jupiter, Florida this year for Thanksgiving to visit Eric's dad and Rachel as well as my parents who came over from Tampa! We had a wonderful time! It was like a mini vacation... 5 hot sunny days in Florida.. can't get any better then that!


On Saturday we climbed the lighthouse (for our second time), yet this time Tyler got to climb it with us!! He just just a couple inches shy of the exact height, but they let him go anyway! He was really excited and did really well up the stairs.. he literally RAN all the way to the top we were the first ones up there! I was a little concered about how he'd feel once we made it to the top, but I think he was more comfortable with heights then I was!

Caiden and Tyler walking on the beach with Grandpa!

Caiden getting into EVERYTHING!

Papa on Tyler's shoulders.. wow Tyler, you sure are strong!

Mimi with Caiden and Tyler

Tyler sure loves his Uncle Jay. When they left he came to me with eyes feeled of tears and said "I miss Jay" - he even colored him a picture and Grandpa helped him mail it to him :) So sweet...

On Wednesday we took the boys to an Animal Sanctuary


Can you believe it was hot enough to go to the beach!!!