Naples!

We woke up at 3:00 this morning to catch a flight out of the frozen tundra that is Indiana and get to FLORIDA! WOOT! 

Our flight was pretty uneventful and pretty much on schedule so that was superb. Susie picked us up and we were off to see Aunt Kathy and little Heidi puppy! She's such a good girl. She cried and screamed in her little puppy voice when I got there. We petted her and took her for a walk. It is always so nice to see the little girl. She's happy and healthy.

Heidi puppy!!!

We grabbed lunch at Sonny's (corn nuggets- yum!) and then headed to Naples where we'll be until Wednesday. I took a little nap out by our pool. The sun just felt so good. I'd missed that sun for weeks now. I finally moved inside to nap with Jackson and was shocked when the bed broke while I was sleeping. We took it apart to see what happened and a box spring accidentally fell on Jackson's head. HARD! It was a nightmare. Poor baby had an instant goose egg. He was a champ about the fact that the box spring falling on him was likely my fault. Oops. :(

Icing his head and being annoyed with me :/

We called it a day on naps and headed to the beach for the rest of the afternoon and to see the sunset.

The view from the pier 

 We love the pier on Naples Beach. It feels like it is a mile long and the views are just unbeatable.

A pup playing in the water

We left the pier and watched the sunset from the beach. We enjoyed people watching, too.

GORGEOUS! 

Toes in the sand! :)

The trio! 

The birds and the boat make this a favorite 

Once the sun goes down the beach empties. We headed for 3rd street to do a little shopping. I've wanted these awesome beach chairs since we were in Hawaii in November. We found them here and bought two. We'll leave them for Susie to enjoy for the winter, of course, but we are excited to enjoy them for the next few days!

New beach chairs 

We were so excited that we set them up in the living room this evening. Silly. :) Since our naps were not successful it will be an early night for us. Here's hoping the bed holds up! Eek!

Tomorrow's only duties include a run, a rollerblading session, a trip to the beach and an even cheering on the SEAHAWKS and Pete Carroll! Ahh...vacation. Love it!

January...

It is January in Indiana. My Mom complained that I hardly posted this month. I just stared at her. Nothing happens in January in Indiana other than a lot of complaining about the cold and occasional snow storm.

MacK isn't much of a worker...

Jackson works from home now when he has "office days" so he hired MacKenzie as his secretary. She isn't a very motivated employee.

Cake for my boss!

My boss turned 50 this month so I had this cake made for her. Accountants are notorious party people (NOT!) so I had to make sure she felt special on her big day.

MacK scared of Mommy yelling during the SEAHAWKS
win over the PACKERS

My Seahawks are headed back to the Super Bowl after a wild, wild win over the Packers. MacKenzie HATES watching Seahawks games with me. :(

Waiting for shots at the vet :(

Speaking of MacKenzie, she had to get her shots and Jackson made ME take her. Mean! She was a champ, though. She has a lot of fans in that office.

Shots don't halt the desire to play BALL

They told me her shots would make her tired. They lied.

Liam rockin' his Christmas gift :) Chirp! Chirp!

I had to include a photo of Mr. Liam Mauck reppin' the Ball State Cardinals! Adorable! We hope to get some snuggles in with him again soon.

CeCe and MacK

Grace had a volleyball tournament in Indianapolis so they came to "our" place to spend the night. We had dinner out (Chuy's -yum!) and spent an evening shopping. Grace trying to buy things with her mom's money entertained me quite a bit. 

So many ball players...

Action shot!

We just have to make it through this week of snow and ice before we head to Naples for 5 days on Saturday. I think we can, I think we can...

3 years...

I cannot believe it has been three years since my Grams passed away. I miss her daily and would give anything to get to visit with her again. She was a crazy, crazy lady, but we loved her for it.

SnOw bored

Shovelin' the driveway

"Take me inside!! BRR!"

World's prettiest puppy

Movies & Snuggles

We've been just kind of hanging out since returning from St. Maarten. We got to stop in and see Ms. Josslyn Bates. She is just the cutest! She gets bigger every single time we see her! I love it! She gives snuggles and kisses now. Adorable!

Walkin' around

Friends!

We tried out a remodeled movie theatre near us to see "The Gambler." The movie was horrid, but the theatre was incredible. We loved it! The tickets were only $10 each so it was really not any pricer than any other place in town.

Loungin'

Feet up! Woot!

MacKenzie enjoyed having us home on New Year's Day. We played a ton of ball with her, but it was a little too chilly to play outside much. This poor puppy gets bored with being inside so much! 

Play ball?

Sadly Jackson got sick Friday night into Saturday so we had to miss family Christmas in Evansville. MacKenzie really stepped up and snuggled him back to health. She's a good little girl!

Nurse MacK

Here's to a happy 2015!