Florida Trip to Fort Meyers

Picture of the pool, TV & hot tub in our backyard

Last week we took a last minute trip to Fort Meyers

with the Cromwell family and Papa Dave.

Weather was perfect, house we stayed in was great!

Couldn't have asked for a better week.

Sunny weather in high 70's/low 80's.

Didn't want to come home to the 35 degree rainy weather :-(

Lexi, Jace & Matt were buried in the sand several times

First day on the beach at the pier (notice we're all pasty white)

Lexi and Jace liked watching the pelicans

dive into the water for fish off the pier

Aunt Carolyn feeding the seals in the pool

The hot tub and pool at our house we rented for the week

We found a park that had a train museum

and a train ride that Jace absolutely loved!

Building sand castles

Lexi sunning herself

Mom's sand creations

Fun at the park

(The parks in Fort Meyers were very nice & kid-friendly)

Striking a pose

This bird waited patiently next to this man fishing for his next catch.

Every time he caught something, he fed it to this bird.

What a good fishing partner :-)

more hot tub time

Video of Aunt Carolyn feeding the seals

Jace & Lexi chasing seagulls

Jace's first game of basketball & Princess Lexi

Jace and cousin Jacob played in their first basketball game today!

They are playing in a league at our church, St. Mary of the Knobs.

It is quite entertaining!

Come out and see them play on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m.!

Coach Jason taking charge

Jace taking the ball out of bounds




practicing layups





Jacob practicing his layup

working on dribbling

Lexi received some princess dress-up clothes for

Christmas and was working the runway in her toyroom :-)

Look at that smile and those earrings and heels!

basketball video of Jace

(Jace is the one looking kinda lost in his own world :-)

Kids Commons Museum and Playland & Opening Presents on Christmas Morning

Our trip to Columbus, Indiana-We went to the

Children's museum and indoor playland there. The kids had a great time!

The huge pirate ship climbing maze was awesome!

The spinny ride

Going through the tunnels

I found my old CD player from high school and Jace loves it!

He's been listening to the Polar Express soundtrack

and the Chipmunks soundtrack (his favorite movies lately)

Santa's note to Jace and Lexi on Christmas morning.

Santa ate all the cookies and drank the glass of milk,

and the reindeers gobbled up the carrots!

Lexi texting on Papa's phone

Lexi loving her pig massager pillow from Aunt Lisa and Uncle Chris

Aunt Lisa and Uncle Chris stopped by to visit!

Jace and Jacob giving Uncle Jason and

Papa Dave a beatdown with inflatable boxing gloves

Lexi and pig massager pillow

Lexi riding her new pony

Gymnastics & Christmas Galore!

Lexi and Jace completed another session of

gymnastics at SIGS. Lexi has become quite

the monkey on the bars and Jace is graceful on the balance beam.

Jace and Lexi's Christmas program at Kids of the Kingdom

Jace's Christmas program at church

(singing Little Drummer Boy)

The annual Christmas party at the Nobles is always a blast!

Jace and Lexi actually interacted with Santa this year.

Lexi even gave the big man a hug!

bathtime fun

decorating the tree

Lexi helping with the ornaments

The finished product!

Christmas smooches for my sister

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Jace's Thanksgiving costume he made at school.

Little Indian boy :-)

~Videos~

Lexi at gymnastics

Jace singing in his Christmas program

Lexi singing with bells in Christmas program