BIG News!!!

Today Jake, Me, Lindsey, Taylor, Taylor's parents, Maddie, Trenton and Annatate went to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Petty Experience. Most of us did the ride-along and we all had a great afternoon. We were celebrating Taylor's graduation from college. Well....that and Taylor had a really important question to ask Lindsey. He wanted to ask this question in Victory Lane at the speedway. We all know the way to Lindsey's heart is through the racetrack. :) Taylor proposed to Lindsey!!!! Down on his knee and all. Lindsey was very surprised, and of course she said YES! Lindsey for once didn't know what we had planned...it all turned out just perfect.
Congratulations Lindsey and Taylor!

Escaped...

We escaped on Friday from all the traffic in Atlanta and all the Christmas shopping! We came to PCB for a couple of days to relax and enjoy the warm weather.
It's been a beautiful day here...Jake and I walked this morning for an hour then headed out to the beach. The beach is all cleared off this time of year...no chairs and umbrellas, rental huts, jet skis, but we called our Beach Services friend and he hooked us up with chairs and umbrellas for the weekend. We are just chilling and relaxing...getting ready for a busy next few weeks. Jake is busy putting all the final touches on Xtreme, and I can't hide too much longer from finishing up our Christmas shopping.
That will be for Monday, for now I'm just going to enjoy the beach!

Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Concert

By some miracle Jake got the kids tickets to the Hannah Montana concert! The day finally came this past Wednesday, and I took the kids and our friend Emily to the show. Jake actually took us all and dropped us off. He went shopping and came back after the concert to get us.
It was a packed out arena with lots of screaming!! The show was actually entertaining! The Jonas Brothers were there too. Now they are some cute boys!
The kids thought it was the GREATEST thing!

Hang-over...

Yes, I definitely have been suffering from a major vacation hang-over! I have been in denial that we are really back from our unbelievably wonderful trip! 10 days of 90 degree weather, someone waiting on you non-stop, being spritzed with Evian by the pool, scented towels to cool you off, hot stone massages, watching the sunset on the beach, listening to the monkeys howl...who would want to come home??
It took a little time to get back in the groove here with school and getting ready for Christmas, but we are all good now. We had a fun week last week and starting a new week today! When do we get to travel again???

Thanksgiving Dinner

After our adventuresome day we all met for Thanksgiving Dinner. In Costa Rica they don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so for the Americans at the resort they offered a special Turkey dinner. Most of our group opted for the turkey. Hollie's favorite part of the dinner was the Apple Cider...just ask her! I felt like a stuffed turkey when our 2 1/2 hour dinner was over...I could hardly breathe! Dinner was a nice conclusion to a "out of the ordinary" Thanksgiving Day.

Day in the Jungle

Today's adventure was a trip to Witch's Rock Canopy Tour. It was a zip-line through the jungle. I was not sure about this all the way up until the guy pushed me off the 1st platform. I was horrified...but it was AWESOME!!! The kids had a blast. Check out the pictures...I had a "what am I doing, I might die" look on my face, Hollie was practically crying, yet everyone else thought it was the best thing ever. Hollie and I agreed once we got going.
It was definitely a memory made that none of us will soon forget.

More Pictures from the Jungle