Nutcracker Ballet
Caitlynn and I were invited to go to the Nutcracker Ballet with a group of girlfriends who all had little girls of their own! The ballet was at the University of North Florida, and was performed by the Russian Ballet Co. It was beautiful, something that I can't wait to do every year with my little girl!
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Winter Wonderland
In early December our family and the Carters went to the Winter Wonderland in St. Augustine, FL. There were lots of fun things for us to do, including; Ice Skating, roasting smores, sledding down a steep slide, and finally walking through an elf village and a candy cane forrest! We had a great time!!
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Christmas Eve - A Florida Family Christmas
We celebrated Christmas Eve this year at the Carters with our very best friends... and in our best PJs! A tradition for us since we moved to Florida in 2000 and became friends with some of the most wonderful people you'd ever know, the group would get together every year at Christmas time to celebrate the season. It is amazing to look at these pictures and see how much our "family" has grown... we've added spouses, babies and more special friends to share this tradition with! This year we had great food, fun games, and ended the night with our annual Yankee Swap! The surprise of the night was a ring of the doorbell with a early delivery strait from the North Pole! The Polar Express delivered a new puppy to the Martin clan! Her name is Layla, and she is a great new addition to our house.
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Christmas Morning
We had a very relaxing and fun Christmas Day. We started the day before the sun came up, I think it was just around 6am... URGH, but the kids were so excited, as they always are, to walk into our living room and see what the big guy left under the tree. While the kids got their BIG present (puppy Layla) on Christmas Eve, they all still managed to do pretty well as far as present standards go :)!
- Ty's big score was a new guitar, which he's been dying to learn how to play. He got an electric guitar, a case, an amp, a tuner, and some picks. He is all set to go - now we just need to set up his lessons. Chad has a friend at work who is willing to give Ty lessons in our home, which is wonderful! Something to keep everyone posted with throughout 2009.
- Kenny's favorite was a new scooter! He had one when we lived in RI, that didn't make the move. He does pretty well on it, and has been riding at least 2Xs this past week!
- Caitlynn got a few very fun things from family - while Chad and I got her a ton of new clothes! She is growing like a weed, so they are much needed... it is a good thing the girl loves to dress up - the new digs were very well received!
- Chad and I treated ourselves to a new entertainment unit, and a new plasma TV. Chad's been researching TVs for months on end, and we waited until the one he wanted went on sale and picked it up! It is beautiful, and considering how much we love to watch movies and stuff as a family, it will be very nice to do so on such a nice TV! Plus the wall unit is much more to my liking versus the projection set we had before :)!! YAY!!
New Year's Eve
We celebrated New Year's Eve this year at our house. The Carters, Mo & Dave all came over and we spent the night playing games - our new favorite thing to do with our friends. Boy are we getting old!!! We had a great time, especially playing our new game Partitini... highly recommended if you don't already have it!
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STACIE'S NEW YEARS RESOLUTION... keeping up on the blogging for all of our friends and family to stay close to Martin family happenings :) - OH AND, To be happy and healthy throughout 2009! Cheers to the end of this year and the new begining of the next!
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