Just A Little Bit of a Catch Up In Order

So.....it's been a few weeks.
Months, really.

To summarize events since we last saw each other: It's now 2015, and for the most part it's been cold. Bitterly, unusually cold with some snow added in.

We are hoping with spring on the horizon, we can file winter 2015 away for good.

Now on to our comings and goings.

We rang in what we hope to be an awesome 2015 with our friends the Wolfes.

Did we mention the snow and cold? By the first week of March, Kacy was in full denial and was sporting shorts on a trip to Grandma's house.

But back in February, we helped our friend Jack ring in birthday number 8.

Mom and dad got a break from winter on mom's work trip to St. Maarten. It was a fun, hectic and crazy week, which included a day trip for beach party on the island of Anguilla. Dave and some customers were tasked with raising the sail for the catamaran.

Back to reality, and good times with good friends. The annual BYC Land Cruise never fails to provide laughs and fun.

We were very proud that one of Kacy's masterpieces was selected to be displayed with other Baltimore County Public School artists at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. 

March 8 marked cousin Henry Horne's first birthday.

We celebrated again this weekend, since Aunt Mary was in town.

Here's to an amazing, and hopefully very warm, spring!

Christmas...the Marathon

We had one crazy, wonderful, tissue-filled Christmas.

The festivities began with the whole Horne clan coming over to celebrate Christmas Eve at our house.

Santa was good enough to visit us before his travels again this year.

It was great catching up with the big man.

Christmas morning meant stockings and turkey dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's.

Mom, Kacy and Daniel had to dine and dash, to get to the airport in time for their evening flight to Phoenix. More Christmas fun awaited at Boots' and Grandan's house. including visiting an awesome gingerbread house display (in the theme of "Frozen", of course) at the JW Marriott.

Daniel's Christmas present was a jeep tour of the red rocks in Sedona. Luckily, we all got to go along for the ride.

It was a gorgeous day to head out on Soldier's Pass.

Keeping Daniel away from the edge of this very large sinkhole was fun.

We are very grateful for a fun Christmas week and all we got to do and see. Happy new year to everyone!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas....

Visits with Santa are becoming the norm as we near the mid-December mark.

First visit was at BYC this weekend.

 The four eldest Horne cousins were gracious enough to let the papparazzi snap some photos.

This was followed by breakfast with Santa this morning at the Gaylord National Harbor. The festivities began last night with a visit to their Ice exhibit. Other that the 10 degree temperatures, it was fantastic. Keeping it that cold is a good way to not melt the intricate ice sculptures, and ensures that no visitors dawdle their way through the tent.

There was even an ice slide to enjoy.

We then ventured down the harbor a bit to try out the Capital Wheel, which just opened this spring. Thankfully, the gondolas are climate-controlled, after our icey adventure prior.

Breakfast this morning did not disappoint. And the kids were thrilled to be 2nd in line to speak with the big man again. The line looked a bit like the one in the department store scene of "A Christmas Story". We were lucky. We got Santa when he was good and fresh.

The hotel was of course decked out for the holiday, the kids enjoyed a little hotel sleepover action, and of course, getting to skip school.

Here's hoping Santa's sack is big enough to hold their wish list come Christmas Eve,