Christmas Vacation Scenes


Our house was beginning to look a lot like Christmas. K and I spent weeks decorating and organizing the house for the arrival of my parents and sister to spend our first Florida Christmas together until we got the news that my dad was in the hospital. So to make a long story short, only my sister made it to Florida. I was really upset at first but we made the best of it and decided to take a road trip to K's family on Christmas day.


 We celebrated early at home on Christmas Eve opening gifts with my mom via FaceTime and cooking a smaller version of Christmas dinner.


 
  
I wanted to get that out of the way before backing up a few days when my sister arrived in Orlando. We were all disappointed by the news but decided to make the best of it and planned a few extra things to keep us busy.


Last week Friday we visited the Pulse Nightclub memorial site and then went to see the Christmas lights at Wall Street downtown Orlando before heading to the Amway Center to watch the Magic vs Lakers game.









I'm happy to report the Orlando Magic won and my sister had a blast at the game!


On Christmas day, we made our way to Florida's west coast with my sister to spend Christmas with K's extended family.




My MIL absolutely spoiled us with gifts but most of all she spoiled me with 3 gorgeous Pandora charms to add to my small yet growing collection.


We stayed Christmas night at a hotel near the water and woke up to beautiful weather on Monday so we walked around the riverfront before grabbing lunch and making the road trip back home.




On Wednesday night we had tickets to go see Dancing With The Stars live at the new performing arts theater downtown. My cousins drove into town (to take my parents place) and we all went our for some dinner before the show.

 

We had amazing seats quite close up to the stage and they put on a fantastic show staring Laurie Hernandez the winner of Season 23 (also US women's Olympic gymnast).




It was pretty difficult snapping any quality photos with the fancy lighting and the movement of dancing but I'll share some more of the fun details next week.

To wrap up, it was a far from traditional Christmas this year but it all worked out. My Dad is doing much better and technology helped us stay connected with my mom all weekend long. 

Today we are on to another adventure.

Happy Friday and enjoy the weekend!

13 comments

  1. I'm sorry to hear your parents werent able to make it to Florida for the holidays and I hope your dad is feeling better! Looks like you showed your sister a wonderful time with all the things you guys did!! Hope you have a great new year girl! xo, Biana - BlovedBoston

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  2. Sorry to hear about your Dad, I hope it is doing better. Looks like y'all had a good time though! Happy New Year!

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  3. Hope your dad is doing better!! I'm currently dreaming of staying in a waterfront hotel and finishing my work.... your post didn't help that. :-P. I'm just saying... PS love the paw stocking holder for the cutest pup around!!

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  4. I'm glad to hear that your dad is doing better. I'm also glad that you still made the most of the holidays despite the change in plans. I hope you have a fantastic NYE weekend.

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  5. I'm so glad to hear that your dad is doing better! It's rough to not spend Christmas with your family, especially since you were already planning on spending time with your dad, but it sounds like y'all had a ton of fun while your sister was in town! I hope that you have a great New Years!

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  6. I'm so sorry to hear about your dad, but isn't it amazing how technology can keep us together even when we're far apart? Here's to a happy and healthy 2017!

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  7. So sorry to hear about your dad, but glad that he is doing better! At least you all made the most of it and still managed to do some fun things around the holiday! The game and dancing with the stars sounds like fun! I love that it's beginning to look a lot like shopping sign!!! Totally need to find me one of those. That MK purse is gorgeous!!! And I love my babybliss straightener. What perfume did you get? Love the pandora bracelet too. Hope you have a Happy New Year!!!!

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  8. So sorry to hear about your dad being in the hospital and not being able to spend the holidays with you guys. Glad your sister was able to come and you were able to drive down to see K's family. The DWTS show sounds so cool and awesome that y'all sat so close.

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  9. So sorry your parents couldn't make it, how disappointing. You guys made the best of it though, which is awesome! I'm glad to hear your dad is doing better.

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  10. so sorry to hear most of your family couldn't make it but so glad to hear your dad is doing ok now! i'm glad you got to see your sister and show her some pretty fun stuff around here! and look at all your goodies! happy new year girly!

    xoxo cheshire kat

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  11. So sorry about your dad! I'm sure that made Christmas so tough, but I'm glad he's doing better! The DWTS sounds like so much fun!

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  12. Sos sorry to hear about your dad Emily. It's nice to hear you made the best of everything and were able to stay connected to your mom. Sending you positivity and hugs for a quick recovery for your dad. Happy new year!

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  13. So sorry about your dad. I could tell you were super excited. Way to turn lemons into lemonade though!

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