Santa found us in Florida

I guess I better publish this post before I forget all about the girls 1st Christmas in Florida. I put this post to publish last week and as I was doing it Lilly Kate turned off the computer so all was lost. I had to get over my loss before I could sit down and put my thoughts together again. I have to say as I sit here writing this it is COLD outside, I did not move to Florida for this kind of weather. St. Louis friends can testify about my dislike of the cold and freezing weather. The first winter we were there everyone kept saying this is the coldest winter in a long time we haven't had this much snow in 10 years well guess what everyone here in Florida is saying the same thing, not the snow part but the cold part! I guess I better get over my whining and get on with the Christmas story.

There is a lot about being home that makes me happy and one of them is going to church where you grew up. I truly love going and seeing people I grew up with married and with children. I have to honestly say this was one of my biggest worries and something I prayed a lot about but it really is great to see everyone. Christmas Eve we went to the 5p.m. service made for young families and what fun it was to hear all those little people excited about singing Happy Birthday to Jesus. Sweet sound to this mommas ears.

Our St. Louis neighbor Jeff Pantano told Margaret Anne that he saw Santa at her house and he had to tell him that she and Lilly Kate had moved to Pensacola. Thank goodness he did because we would have had one sad little girl Christmas morning.

Christmas morning provided the following pictures.....I will leave out the photo captions and let you put your own in......
















Christmas Morning we had My Mom, Mary Alice, Kevin, Janice and Ming along with the Adair Family. We had a great time watching the girls open presents and dance to Margaret Anne's new c.d player. Kevin made my Uncle Bills Christmas Roast and we ate like Kings and Queens. I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and you are having a Fabulous New Year!!

Good Bye is so hard to do!!

We have arrived safely in Pensacola and have unpacked most boxes except clothes boxes (they just keep coming!). Our trip down was uneventful..Thank Goodness.

This post is dedicated to our sweet sweet St. Louis Friends and Family who we will miss more than they will ever know. Before we left for Florida there were a couple parties. First one up in the pictures is the open house my sister and next door neighbor had for us at our neighbors beautiful home. All the neighbors came as well as our good friends from church we all had such a great time and great food. Thank you Rebecca and Lauren what a lovely send off....

(y'all know that is what you want to do when you see one of these!)

Next up is the most precious tea party ever. Why do I say that when most tea parties are precious...this one had sweet little girls who truly were sad to see there friend leave but wanted to dance and play with her before she left. Thank goodness they made me laugh so much or I just might have cried the whole time. Our GREAT friends the Kesslers hosted this party for Margaret Anne and their girl classmates they all dressed up in fancy clothes or princess dresses. Rachel was so kind to make sure the entire party was Margaret Anne friendly. These sweet friends of Margaret Anne's had a great time singing and dancing and of course getting their finger nails painted. Thank you Rachel and Alicia for such a special day.

(this is the only group shot we got and it was after half the girls went home, of course!)

(Margaret Anne's party dress was a gift from her Uncle Rick just for this special party)

Saint Louis we will miss you. To all our neighbors, what can I say y'all truly are the best neighbors anyone could ever ask for and our new ones wherever that may be have some big shoes to fill. Webster Hills friends thank you for the part y'all played in our Christian walk as a family and to our children. We have all learned a lot about ourselves during our time in St. Louis and would not trade it for the world. We love you all!!!