Tuesday, February 15, 2011

sooo...merry christmas, happy new year, and happy valentine's day

Oh gee wiz...sorry I got so behind with blogging...I know I promised I would do better at keeping everyone updated...so here goes...

We survived our first Florida winter...no really they have winter down here too! It was about three or four weeks of high temps in the 50's (burrr) and even a few nights of frost. But now the temperature is rising again and we have enjoyed the last few weeks of 70's and 80's. We have come out of our very short hibernation (ok, 50's does really feel cold...must be the humidity) and we are back to enjoying all the beauty and adventure Florida has to offer. We bought family Disney passes for Christmas (that was our big gift to the kids and all the Grandma's and Grandpa's pitched in too) so we spent a long weekend in January at the parks...so incredible! I don't know who has more fun, the kids or Josh and I. We get to go again this weekend with the McGuires and in March for spring break with Lindley and Derek. We also enjoyed tons of company over the holidays...actually, when I think about it, we have had tons of company since we moved:


Mike, Sayeh, and Jacob Sparr (twice)
Harmony's Mom (twice)
Uncle Abe and Aunt Rachel (twice)
Harmony's Dad and Deb
Josh's Mom and Dad
Lindley (Thanksgiving)
Matt Julie, and Baby Addy Macha
Wes, Holly and Baby Carter Vance
Beth, Ali, and McKenna Young (just for the day)
Cory and Tristin Kitch (just for dinner)

and still to come...
Will, Marla and Ryan McGuire (a Disney weekend together)
Uncle Derek and Aunt Lindley (Spring Break)
Susan, Jessica, and Hayden Clayton (Spring Break)

We feel incredibly blessed that so many friends and family have made the trip...thank you for spending your time and money to come see us!!!

Quick update on the kids:

Addy and Aubrey are playing basketball, and they are loving it! Aubrey is the only girl on her team, and she plays against all boy teams...but man is she a "go getter". She has a smile on her face the entire game...she is having a ball! Addy has shown us a side of her we have never seen! When she hits the court she is aggressive and competitive...she is an incredible little player! We have had a ball watching these two this semester. They are both loving school and have really started to make some sweet little friendships!

Gavin has grown up before my eyes the last 6 months. He is just my best little bud! We have fun swimming, playing at the beach, taking long walks and and playing ball. He loves soccer, baseball and basketball. He is such a good sport and is always up for whatever crazy thing I want to do! He has made some neat friends down here too. At Josh's school the kids all go crazy over him, he has a crowd of 5th graders following him all around the school...he eats it up!

Kyan tried baby cereal tonight for the first time...he ended up with more on him then in him, but he loved it. He is the sweetest little man I've ever met. He loves to be with his family and is so laid back. He loves to sit in his bumpo seat while I cook and we just chat...he is such a happy baby!

Josh and I celebrated our 11th anniversary right before Christmas...amazing how fast that went by. We are loving our new "slower pace" down here. We have so much more family time...I feel like we have found the simple, quiet life we were looking for.

We miss our Colorado gang so much and can't wait to see you all in June! We will be out for a few weeks starting June 17th. We hope to get some time with everybody and maybe even a big 4th of July party again (minus the ridiculous rain and bear sightings) We will head back though Chicago and visit all my family there. We look forward to seeing lots of friends and family during this fun roadtrip.

I added a bunch of new photo albums on facebook recently, so take a look...fun pictures from New Years and Disney.

Love you all and miss you like crazy!
Love, The Longenecker 6
Josh, Harmony, Addy, Aubrey, Gavin, and Kyan

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