merry

 merry christmas from us to you.

palms.

so this is from our bedroom window.palm trees. crazy.

stinkers

stinkie one and stinkie two

visitor

so we drove across the swamp to pick up a christmas visitor!!! MOMMA LEE and we are so excited.  once again, dang it, pics to come later.  here is one from the everglades. there are a ton of different eco systems in the park, i'm learning this at work, but i think this one, the coastal prairie is so pretty.

jack

so a really sweet part of being in knoxville in november was getting to see one of my best friends in the hospital with her new little guy.  so here is sweet baby jack with his momma, who looks like she was never pregnant and did not go through labor  less than 12 hours prior. crazy.  leah - no fair.  

job

so i'm a working woman again, which is why i haven't posted in a while.  so a little history -  in our tiny, tiny town i was thinking i would never find a job, but in steps the Lord. we moved in on tuesday - found a job on friday.  i have been overwhelmed by His tenderness.  i know i'm behind a bit from thanksgiving, but i am truly thankful for his care as of late. so i'm working in the national park, right up the road from our house. i literally ride my bike to work everyday.  missing the punkies like crazy, but again, the timing of all of this, for eileen to be with us right now, it is literally a god-send. i don't mean that in the corny way either.  so i'm off on monday and tuesday, so i'll catch up with pics and the happenings as of late.  eileen's family finally arrived from germany so we are eating all kinds of yummy things that no one can pronounce. more to come soon.  

movin'

miss busy pants

green

the beginnings of our garden. i can't believe we planted this thing in december. so crazy.

so rowe joined andy on the boat today.  he fished for a while and then was way more interested in his goldfish and a random doughnut he found in the cooler.  

had another redfish for dinner. delish.

beach

had so much fun on our first BEACH day!  marco island is only 30 minutes away.  still can't believe it-) so poor rowe took a bit of a tumble down our unfortunately concrete front steps yesterday, so the strangely zinc oxide covered wound on his head is the before mentioned.

tarpon

had my first day on the water with andy today.  fished for reds, worked on poling a little bit, and even went after some tarpon that were sunning.  pretty fun.  please excuse the whole in andy's pants.  i tried to edit out the b & w one.  perfect example of why my blog has  pictures, nothing with a needle.

andy is truly filing his role as 'provider' as he is bringing home dinner almost every night.  the red in the pic was so good, better than halibut people. i couldn't believe it.  we are off to naples to get some supplies to start our garden tomorrow. livin' off the land :-) 

december

what a difference a year makes.  sending love your way, 4UR.  we miss you, not the snow, but you.

home

sure hope so

update

some pics from the porch & the backyard. the boat made it down safely and is loving its new home. here are the mighty crab hunters at work.  they did great - we had a crab dinner last night!  looking good for a pescatarian winter.