Journey

Happy New Year Everyone - it's crazy to think we are already starting a brand new year isn't it - 2011 went by so quickly for us here at the Farmhouse and something tells me for you as well.  I hope your holidays were wonderful, spent with family and friends with lots of memories to hold precious.

We celebrated Christmas a week early this year for a reason.  My sweet DIL is a Christmas Eve baby.  For the last few years she has said that when she turns 30 it will be somewhere warm.  Well this was the year for that milestone birthday and they found a home down in Marathon Florida which is about 45 miles from Key West.  So they invited anyone who wanted to come to come on down.  The youngest Farmhouse boy couldn't take the time off so we stuck around to celebrate Christmas with him and then boarded a plane on the 27th and headed down to join up with them and her parents, sister and her hubby.  Not a bad house hey -  Great job Emily on picking such a beautiful home

The empty lot across the street is for sale so without a house there we had some wonderful sunsets to watch

My view while having coffeee out the back of the house was wonderful as well

Mr. Farmhouse did some lap swimming to burn off the calories we consumed, lol

The married ones rented a boat so we spent quite a bit of time enjoying the water - S#1 was a great driver of the boat

and let his Dad take the wheel a few times :)

We could not have asked for better weather to enjoy the water

and take the boat to a wonderful outdoor place to eat

where they had their fished cooked that they caught on a fishing charter the day before - I had a chicken quesadilla lol

we had to toast of course their fishing bounty

A fun picture of the back of a house on the ocean side decorated for Christmas - the front of the house was decorated twice as much

The back of the house the kids rented is on a canal so we could dock the boat there when not in use - I like how the back of the house looks like a southern plantation as we approached our dock

our bedroom was on the third floor so we had a great view of the canal

the house next door to us had a picture perfect little spot for their pool and at night the lights around the area make it look so pretty

Our time down there was to fast, but we enjoyed the time we were there.  Yesterday it was time to head home for us with the married ones and her parents heading home today.  One of the fun things Mr. Farmhouse and I did was rent a sweet little mustang convertible - red of course, lol - to really enjoy the beautiful weather. That was really fun :)

traveling from and to the airport we traveled over several bridges - this one is the seven mile bridge - WOW it seemed to go on forever

After a very long day of pretty uneventful traveling (yes it can happen when things go as planned - thank goodness lol) we arrived home very late last night to a wonderful few inches of snow on the ground and a very rude awakening of cold weather, lol.

Thank you married ones for asking us along

we had such a wonderful time with you and the others.  Mr. Farmhouse and I are so proud of the amazing adults you have become.  Plus your a lot of fun to hang out with :).

So now it's time to put away the holiday decorations and clean up the house.  It's also time to think about how I want to make this year 2012 really count in a positive way.  It will be a year of change for me and I've picked a word to help define this year for me.  Maybe you'll want to join along by picking your own word.

Until Next Time

 

 

Comments

[Anna]

What a wonderful time with family! And a perfect spot! Like you 2012 will be a year of change and my word is "grace" I will approach all things this year with grace...or at least try.

[Trace]

Great Word! Mine is JOY!
Beautiful family.
Woolie Love & JOY
Trace

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[Sherry]

Hi Karen. Wishing you & your family all the best in 2012!

[Louise]

I think this is the perfect time to thank you for your diligence in posting and keeping on task with your blog for the previous years. Yours is one of the longest I have followed. Happy New Year to you and your family..

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What a great time spending with your family. nice pictures. thanks for sharing.

Andy

[Thimbleanna]

Boy, Girl, you do live the life! Looks like you had a fantastic little getaway -- you and Mr. Farmhouse have all the fun. You look SO cute together! Can't wait to see what this year will bring you -- Happy New Year!!!

[Lorraine]

you could have come here for somewhere warm...LOL looks like a fabulous time was had by all...you two look perfect in the convertible...nice ride! Happy New Year to you and the Farmhouse family!

[Kathy :)]

One of our fave places on this earth, glad you had a nice time !!!

Happy New Year,
Kathy :)