My Family's Visit/ Our Weekend in Amelia Island

My family came to visit us last week. We had a great week with them! The first night that they were here we went to Mellow Mushroom Pizza. It was a really fun pizza place and the pizza was really yummy! 

Here is a picture of Gavin and Drew sharing food at Costco. 

We decided to go walk on the pier one day. It was so cold the day we went. It was so windy and freezing outside.

 On Valentines Day, we went to Amelia Island for a weekend getaway with my family. We stayed at the Ritz Carlton and it was a beautiful resort.

On the way up to Amelia Island, we stopped in downtown Jax for lunch at the Black Sheep. It was a really cool restaurant with really good and unique food. It was warming up that day so we ate lunch outside in the sun.

 This was the view from our hotel room

 

The first night we were there we walked down to the beach when there was the full moon. It was really pretty. I wish I would have brought my tripod to get a good shot. 

Later that night they had a band perform in the lobby. Gavin and I danced for a few minutes

The next day (Saturday) we had a really yummy lunch at the hotel restaurant. We then took naps on the beach for a while and then went swimming. Later that afternoon/night we went to the Lego movie and to an excellent seafood restaurant in Fernadina Beach called Bretts Waterway Cafe.

Lily went swimming for her first time and she loved it! She was so happy and smiley in the water the whole time!

 The hotel grounds were so pretty!

 Drew took these pictures of Lily and I on the beach

Thanks for the fun trip, see you guys in a few months!

The Alligator Farm with my Family

When my family were here visiting last week we went down to St. Augustine to the alligator farm. Before we went to the alligator farm, we got lunch at a place called the Black Knight Deli. It is ran by an old couple. The place is a total hole in the wall type of little store/deli, but the food was really good!

The day we went to the alligator farm it was SO cold!!! By the end of the day the sun finally started to come out and it started to warm up a little bit. It was 38 degrees in the morning and by the afternoon it was up to 51. This week will be in the 80's here, crazy!

Our Valentines Day 2014

 We had a great Valentines Day this year! My family was here visiting so they watched Gavin and Lily while Jayden and I went out for our Valentines date. We celebrated a night early (Thursday night). We went to dinner at Ruth's Chris and to see a show at the comedy club. Oh my gosh, Ruth's Chris was so delicious. We both got the surf and turf. Mine came with a Filet Mingion and lobster. It was to die for. Ruth's Chris is downtown Jax and right on the river, the view was so pretty! The comedy club was a lot of fun! Jayden had planned our date so I didn't know about the comedy club until we pulled in the parking lot. We didn't know what to expect, but the show was really funny and actually really clean. They have tables that you sit at and they serve food. We ate chocolate cake while we watched the show. The cake was so yummy, they bring it in from a local bakery.

On Valentines day, we went up to Amelia Island with my family for the weekend, which I will blog in a separate post.

At our table at Ruth's Chris

The view of the river

Jayden enjoying his surf and turf

 

the comedy club

Jayden leaves really early for work every morning (7 am) so this is probably the only time that I have gotten up and made him breakfast :)

 This has been a pretty popular idea, but I thought it was cute for Valentines Day

When we picked Jayden up for work to head up to Amelia Island, he surprised us with a balloon for Gavin, a pink rose for Lily, and a dozen red roses for me.

I took this picture of Jayden giving Lily her rose, isn't her smile the cutest!?

A Video From Our Trip to Utah

For Christmas, Jayden's parents gave us a video camera. It has been great using it and it was fun to use it on our trip to Utah. Here is a little video of some of our trip.