Christmas in the Bahamas

I know this post is a little late. I just wanted to share with all of you a few photos from Nicholas' second Christmas. We had such a great time with him this year. He was so excited by the lights and the singing bears. His new words this Christmas was "Chrishmas tree" and "Stanta". Every night he wanted to walk down the street to see the house that was all lit up with lights and decorated with Santa etc.

Danny's mom came into town to spend Christmas with her Grandson. She enjoyed every minute of it and was very sad when it came to an end. It is very hard for his parents to be so far away from their first grandson.

Yiayia and Papou was Santa this year. They got him a Jeep which he loves to get in, jump up and down, and say "vroooom".

Christmas lunch was at my cousin Andrew's house. We all gathered there at around 2pm to have lunch and hang out. I love Christmas time. It is such a blessing to be around lots of family and friends that you love so much.

We are looking forward to next Christmas to be in our new home.

The Merrell girls visit The Bahamas

Today was such an enjoyable day for me. I was able to spend good quality time with some dear friends from Taylor University. Amy Merrell Oliver, my roommate from college turned 30 on the 14th of January. To celebrate this special year, a few of her girlfriends took a cruise to The Bahamas. I was unable to go but was lucky to be living in the Bahamas, one of the destinations. We met up at 12 to go for lunch. I took them to a restaurant named Olives, which is owned by a good friend of mine. It was delicious. We were able to catch up on the latest and greatest things in our lives. We had not seen each other since graduation, May 2002. Needless to say this get together was long overdue. I was so excited to introduce my husband and Nicholas to everyone. After lunch I took some of the girls to Atlantis where we walked around and ended it with coffee/ice cream. The time went so quickly, before we knew it, it was 4 o'clock and it was time to take them back to the ship. Thank you Amy for a wonderful day! I love you and miss you lots. I hope to visit WPB very soon.