Christmas 2011

Christmas was pretty good this year considering the emotional roller coaster that was our December. We first had a visit from Dad and Judy before Christmas. Then on Christmas Eve, we went to McGregor Baptist Church for their candlelight service.

After we got home we hopped on our bikes to ride through the neighborhood. On several streets the homeowners set up luminaries along the curbs each Christmas Eve. We discovered it by chance last year, and it will now be one of our Christmas Eve traditions. It's so beautiful. Here's my best iPhone photo of it.

our neighbor's house.

On Christmas day we woke up early to open presents from each other.

 

Then we went to mom and Billy's house for her traditional breakfast casserole. After that we went to Scott's parents' house for lunch. Mom and Billy joined us so we could all hang out together on Christmas. 

The boys all got lounge pants, and Byron couldn't wait to try his on. We should have gotten the three of them together.

Eric and Emily made it home from Puerto Rico, too, so all of the Whittamores were together.

I also wanted to throw in a couple of photos from Naples beach this week. Before an assignment, I hopped out onto the beach to take in the view. Then I had an assignment to photograph a house in Port Royal in Naples that was right on the beach. It was beautiful. And their wine cellar was bigger than my living room. And one bottle of their wine is more expensive than my couch. oh well.

This was the view from the driveway of the house in Naples.

This was their driveway.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everybody!

A visit from Dad and Judy

This week we were blessed to have Dad and Judy come visit. We enjoyed having them here to take care of us. And I'm sure they enjoyed our nice warm weather during their days on the beach. These are a couple of pics from our sunset spot on the river a few blocks from the house. I'm really glad they were here this week.

Our garden is also growing like crazy. The beans look like they are trying out for Jack and the Beanstalk. And these pics are a few days old. The beans and carrots are much fuller now. It just happens to be dark right now so I can't shoot fresh pictures.

pole beans

carrots

corn