Woodland Antics

Today is Fiona's 12th Birthday! She's the most amazing young lady.  She's thoughtful, the best friend anyone could ever hope for, she's sweet, intelligent  ( honors classes ) , outgoing, fun, generous, responsible, honest, genuine, hilarious,a go-getter, athletic, creative, sassy and so very kind with enough fire in her belly. I could go on and on then tell a bunch of stories to highlight each attributed I've listed. She's our amazing Fiona and we couldn't be any more proud of her.  Fi had her Birthday Experience last week. It was 3 days 3 nights in Clearwater, Florida with my Friend and her daughter. Four ladies exchanging white snow for mid 80's and white sands. What a great birthday escape!   I'll document it soon. For now I will leave these pictures of my little girl back flipping as the sun sunk behind her, into the Gulf of Mexico... Happy Birthday Biscuit! May you flip happily through all your days! xo

We only have 4 days remaining to our 27 day long adventure. It sure did fly by but I think we're all excited to get home and sleep in our own beds.  Being a little homesick is good.  I tell the kids it's one of the benefits to vacation, you vacate your life and when you return, you're grateful for all the little things. When we're grateful, we're happy. I type this with a very grateful heart and sore body. Fiona and I had a Mother~daughter date yesterday.  I have no words for the amount of fun we had. Watching her get up and by the end of the day, doing tricks on her board was amazing!   This has been a dream of hers since she was at least 5.  We've booked a lesson for Ry and Reed for tomorrow and I think Fiona is going to join them too.   I would love to but I think I would be rolling home in a wheelchair.  Ryan did a great job of taking pictures and managing the 3 boys.  I can't wait to get...

       Hi this is Fiona, my favorite part is our trip so far is when we visited Moon River, hope you enjoy! :)                                                          Swimming with Dolphins                                                                    Mud fight!                                                                                                             ...

We gifted the kids a skimboard for Christmas...