:: captiva island ::

In mid-February, we left the cold and snow for Captiva Island, FL. We brought our parents along and enjoyed the sun, warmth, and water.

Preggo shadow :-)

Tossing a shell and making a wish at sunset!

Spending a morning at the nature reserve.

Is it an alligator? Or a log? You decide.

At the Twins spring training practice.

The sunsets. Spectacular.

Shelling at sunrise.

Taking a sailing catamaran to a secluded island for the day.

Horseshoe crabs.

At the Mucky Duck.

Celebrating Seth's birthday at Mucky Duck.

Incredibly happy we took this vacation!

:: catching up ::

It seems that October hit and blogging needed to take a back seat to teaching, grad school, and pregnancy. When checking the blog today, the last thing I posted had to do with my excitement of starting in my new classroom, not yet knowing that I was pregnant. Well, here I am, 8.5 months later, complete with my first year of teaching, on summer vacation/maternity leave, done with grad school, and in full anticipation of our new addition sometime in the next week and a half. Ahhh!! 

So, let's venture back to October and wrap up 2013!

We went to the Glensheen Spooktacular...

We carved our pumpkins and went trick-or-treating...

We spent some time by the lake...

We celebrated Owen and Grandma Lou's shared birthday...

We made our big announcement in our Christmas card...

Sandy returned.....then went missing for a week....and returned again...

We enjoyed the company of the three sisters during the Holiday Home Tour...

We enjoyed a Christmas Eve family sleigh ride...

and many other wintery things.

And that'll do it for 2013!