My Perfect 10

A Perfect Christmas!

This year our Christmas started on Christmas Eve at my parent's house where we all exchanged gifts and had dinner. It was so much fun watching Gavin open his gifts this year! He was so excited about the whole thing but he kept saying Mickey (As in Mickey Mouse) was coming that night instead of Santa! I think he is the new #1 Disney Fan! Christmas continued the next morning with a very early morning drive to Vero Beach to get the girls. Once we got back home...more presents! I think the kids had a great time and there is... Read more →

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a joyous Merry Christmas! Read more →

The Lunar Eclipse

For the first time in 372 years, a total lunar eclipse fell on the winter solstice last night. And even after working all day and not getting home until around 11:00pm, Rick set the alarm and got up to see it with me. Some Lunar Eclipse facts... A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon, Earth, and the sun all line up, with Earth in the middle. During the eclipse, the Earth's shadow is cast onto the full moon, dimming but not completely obscuring its surface. Unlike solar eclipses, the lunar varieties are safe to view without any special eyewear. Lunar... Read more →

Excitement On I-95

This was not my weekend to be driving the car! :( Friday night on my way back from Vero Beach as I got off I-95 the car just died. I mean ALL the lights on the dash came on, there was NO power, and I was at a dead stop in the middle of the intersection with four kids in the car...can you say panic! Thank goodness I was only minutes from home and Rick was already off work. My hero rushed right to us and fixed everything in minutes and we were all home safe and sound in no... Read more →

Comfort Food And Dessert!

We have been having an unusually cold winter so far and it's not even "really" winter yet. I mean it was 32 this morning when I left the house...that is REALLY cold for Florida! So I thought it would be a great night to break in our new crock pot with an amazing beef stew recipe I found on my new favorite cooking blog Our Best Bites. They have the best recipes and a little bit of everything! I got the apple pie recipe from there too...everyone loved it by the way! :) Sunday Beef Stew Recipe from Our Best... Read more →

My First Apple Pie!

I have always loved to bake, cookies mostly. There is just something creative and yummy about combining those ingredients together and having a sweet treat when you are all done. Now I have made a few pies but NEVER a fruit pie! I mean warm apples...YUCK! Or so I thought for the last 40 years. The day I went on my interview at JFK Hospital, Rick took me out to lunch to celebrate. We went to Boston's on the beach. It was a gorgeous day and we sat outside looking at the ocean. Rick had a burger and I had... Read more →

So pretty!

Just wanted to share how pretty my flowers are! Rick is totally spoiling me! Read more →

Movie Night At Home

I just love Rick's early nights! :) He brought home sweet and sour chicken from our favorite little Chinese place for dinner...I love that we all eat together. You should see us all fit around the table on the weekends when all the girls are over. Breakfast is too funny...we have enough food for a small army! I really need to take a photo of that. Then after dinner, we just found out we could watch HBO movies On Demand...free! This is after having HBO for the past year and three months! lol And what makes this news worse, my... Read more →

Jupiter Boat Parade

Saturday we took a drive up to Jupiter to the Riverwalk Bridge with "almost" all the kids to see the Jupiter Holiday Boat Parade. Because, that is how we celebrate Christmas in Florida! lol Even though it was a chilly night on the water the kids didn't seem to mind one bit. Of course as usual I was frozen! We didn't get very good pictures of the boats because it was REALLY crowded and I was a bad scrapbooker once again and left the battery to the good camera at home charging. DUH! I only had the little point and... Read more →

Date Night!

Rick believes, if you can't remember the last time you went out, then it has been too long! I think that is incredibly sweet. :) But honestly we haven't been together long enough to not remember the last time we went out! lol Another, nice new quality I am getting use to is Rick is a planner. He planned our date night! When we would go, where, and even picked the movie. I have to say there is something very romantic about a man who can plan out a night for you that is not a birthday or anniversary, just... Read more →