a NEW YEAR!!!!

will you say two thousand twelve or twenty twelve???  details and decisions.....

so, the day after christmas we were packed up and DE-holiday decor'd at our happy home... For someone like ME, there is almost NOTHING as great as a clean house with no clutter and dried out greenery.....  there is a place for people like me or meds or SOMETHING...another blog, another day!!!   We quickly loaded whatever we felt like, NOTHING practical and NOTHING that matched clothes wise AND NOTHING that deemed appropriate for 75 degrees and sunny..... 

we didn't care. didn't stop to collect our 200 dollars...mistake....just straight to the WATER!!! i birthed true live fish..... 

 seeing that it IS indeed winter...and we had just left our fire and down coats in birmingham, i felt it appropriate to take the little fish to the INdoor pool.... 

 notice below the tongue sticking out....he was REALLY trying hard to get those adjusted and right for HIM.  bless.

 love hate relationship with hot tubs..... great idea but they are so darn warm, wink wink.

 we de-compressed from the holiday EXPLOSION of mad crazy party and gifts with 7 days of NOTHING and lots of QT together and by nothing i mean, we biked many many miles along the water...heaven on Earth.   I pounded pavement with some wonderfully 70 degree runs and soaked up the sun, i love the sun!!!!  We spent hours and hours each day on the different playgrounds of their choice-   we didn't get in the car except once to go to dinner OUTSIDE the village, we took advantage of the "off" season and no crowds...... We spent literally about 4 plus hours PLUS swimming OUTSIDE in the pool and enjoying the warm sunshine and then swam some MORE way past bedtime in the pool and moon light!!!!  we picnic'd, ate a lot of seafood....my boys discovered, or re-discovered their love of crab claws and shrimp...... we don't stray from our norms very often but they gobbled it up..... Daddyc and i made mental notes...... our  FOOD bills and grocery bills are on the rise at the amount of food these kids eat.....shoot!!!!!

 so by saying we had some "down" time i mean we played constantly and stayed outdoors, we got creative with tees and shorts since this mama packed long sleeves and long pants????  who knew?  everyone except me apparently........

 we played BALL, all day everyday this baby of mine played ball....... made goals when needed.....

 we ate fancy one night..... we don't do this often at the beach!   My biggest baby proved to us that maybe after a jam packed day in the sun, white tablecloth fancy dinners may not be the best idea..... or MAY cause some adults to drink heavily.........

 the boys bellied up the bar at the marina like they owned the place, i was lagging behind and by the time i caught up they had ordered a sweet tea.... good thing i had my purse!!!!!  just make yourself at home boys.  done.

 we spotted crabs but had no net or bucket.

 i played with my camera ONE day, i didn't carry my camera around this trip...just enjoyed the company.

 not pictured quite as much is my biggest baby.... he is 6 and full of independence, knows his way around and got some perks of being big this trip..... so he was off and around and about.... we had some friends also ALL boys families so LOTS of spy adventure, nerf gun wars, LOTS of hide n go seek games and tag games.....

 Daddyc has a beach "norm" of pulling up to the oyster bar in the village, usually acme and enjoying raw oysters and cold beer at some point during every trip... THIS trip he enjoyed them at a different venue amongst ALL of us, i think he enjoyed them just as much, wink wink.

 is there anything quite as wonderful as being on the water, sun going down, reflecting your day over cocktails..........while your kids are laughing and playing on the playground nearby.......

more pics. on my phone but we were welcomed back home by FREEZING temps. and the phone appears to be in the car..... so those my friends will be for later!!!!   Happy New year to you!!!!!