Bye bye 2014... Hello New Beginnings ❤️

I hope everybody's 2014 holiday season has been magically enchanting!!

I've been having such a blast that I apologetically have become very behind on Le Blog :( for this I am truly sorry and to be honest I've really missed keeping up with all of you fab peeps❤️ I'll let you in on a little secret... I've been up to some new pursuits!! I'm very excited to share... But honestly a little nervous too❤️ So here goes, myself along with a few of my crew are starting ( have started I guess ) playing with You Tube!!!! http://youtu.be/Z0EUoT3ZMrY Ahhhh!!! It's so fun making vids!!! I've been asked for quite awhile to start a You Tube and I've just been so nervous.. I don't want to disappoint anyone but I figured new year, new pursuits lol❤️ http://youtu.be/zNdc7SR-6-8  I hope you check us out when you get a chance and of course HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! TTYL❤️

Christmas Vaca Part Deux

We celebrated a magnificent Christmas Eve & Christmas Day at home in Palm Beach with our fabulous family❤️ Nana, Kristy, Amy, Dan, Noah, Chris, Brittany, Connor, & I. All the traditions celebrated together from Christmas Eve candlelight service to opening pressies, & fab Christmas Dinner!! Then it was on to the Big Apple!!

Seeing Phantom of the Opera on Broadway (again!lol!!)

Connors first Bigboy Broadway show

Rockefeller Center to see "Thee Tree"

Connor spotted an incredible street artist & promptly commissioned his name done in "yellow & orange dragons please" Oh how I adore this boy!!❤️

After shopping Times Square (worlds largest Toys'R'Us natch) and dinner at Sardi's (must do!!) we retired to our room to gaze at our glorious city view!!

The next day was wrought with SHOPPING!!! Fifth & Madison Aves. are always our tradition. After Gucci(scored yummy fragrances), Louis Vuitton(scored a new handbag), Tory Burch(scored another handbag) not to mention that Brittany scored a kings ransom of Jewelry (Daddy is a big softee in NYC) after our retail therapy we headed to Laduree for some much needed sustenance = MACARONS!!!! Sooo delish!!!

Temps were lowering drastically so we had to pick up headwear while on our shopping spree!!

After heading out of the city to avoid New Years Eve!! We settled in our home away from home in our hometown on Montage Mountain!! It's always a highlight to spend time with family & friends, especially my sister Kim & her beautiful family❤️

What else would one do when it's freezing outside?

We celebrated a lovely New Years Eve!!

Complete with roaring fire, balloons, silly hats & noisemakers, pink bubbly, fireworks,

Kisses & all❤️

Enter Hercules~storm 2014 everyone was trying to get last min preps ready before it hit!!

So a trip home would not be complete without dinner at Coopers!!!(even the Clinton's & Biden's observe this pilgrimage!!)

A drive through the light display at Nay Aug Park (one of the very first "luna" parks)

Visit the charming Everhardt Museum

Stock up at Gertrude Hawk Chocolates

And then it hit!!!!

Brrrrrr....

Well it would be nice to say that's where it ended & we returned home to sunny Palm Beach but.... Upon stopping in North Carolina at the fab Outlets our car decided she had had enough & refused to start!! Rude I know!!! Lol!! We were very fortunate to have restaurants, hotels, etc right there. So while waiting for roadside assistance we had dinner, when they arrived they informed us we would be towed to the nearest dealer (not really nearby) and they would not be open until Monday :( This being Friday you can imagine how very thrilled we were upon hearing this. After considering all of our options we decided to hunker down & make the best of it!!

We called Hampton Inn & were very fortunate they had a room available for us... Now to get there?? We asked the tow truck driver for the no. to the local cab co. He then informed us there wasn't any cab co. so I called Hampton Inn back & inquired as to them having a shuttle? Nope! We figured its a really LONG cold walk so we better get started, when the driver said he wouldn't hear of it & offered us a ride! Well needless to say Connor thought this was awesome!! It's not everyday you get to climb up into a huge tow truck!! :0) When Chris spoke with the dealership they offered to bring us a loaner car until ours could be repaired!! Being stranded in a quaint little town in N.C. turned out to be not so bad after all thanks to wonderful people!! 

We enjoyed a few restaurants, saw The Hobbit Movie at the local cinema & enjoyed a charming little town,

When Monday came we waited anxiously to hear about our car..... It was "road ready"!!!! It was simply a sensor!!! On the road again we went!!!! And I can honestly tell you that after being gone from home for what seemed an eternity!!(2wks actually) 

Amen to that!!!!TTYL❤️

Have yourself a Merry Christmas!

These are a few of my favorite things~ Sound of Music

Starbucks, pearls, Christmas nails ( I swoon over my nails)

Sights, sounds, & smells of the season

The Kennedy's

From our family to yours a very Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!! TTYL❤️

Christmas Vaca 2013 Part 1

Not only one of my fav Christmas movies but also a mirror image of my family!!! Lol!

This year on our annual Orlando Christmas trek we had the opportunity to bring our lovebug nephew Noah❤️

Rock stars checking into The HardRock Hotel

Jam session in Le suite!

Islands of Adventure

Rock stars down, I repeat rock stars down!! ;-)

Jinx our Elf mysteriously showed up at our hotel :-)

Fantastic Gingerbread carousel at Disney's Yacht Club

My "little"❤️

Noah❤️ with Brittany in Bruce's mouth at Finding Nemo in Epcot

All three darling cousins on the Mexico Boat ride with The Three Caballaros

Boys meeting Donald Duck

Candlelight processional (magnificent)

The big guy himself!!!!!

Having Breakfast with Cat in the Hat,

A "Who" took my seat!,

And last but certainly not least THE GRINCH!!!

The boys found Wolverine

Then decided on Grinch face paint 

For both boys❤️

In front of the Hulk coaster with Cyclops

Totes gorg gingerbread house in The 

Grand Floridian

Mickey!!!! In the Magic Kingdom

Osborne Family Lights in Disney's Hollywood Studios!!

We had such a blast!! We toured Epcot, dined in Canada at Le Cellier, snacked at the bakery in Norway, rode Test Track, etc., Connor rode Mission Space for the 1st time & Noah rode the Great Goofini Coaster for the 1st time & they loved them!!! After taking on 5 parks ( Islands of Adventure {Grinch show was AMAZING!}, Universal Studios {awesome

Macy's Christmas Parade}, Epcot{Christmas around the world!}, Magic Kingdom, & Hollywood Studios) and 3 Resorts (HardRock Hotel, Yacht Club, & Grand Floridian) we wrapped up our trip with a stroll through The Osbourne Spectacle of Lights & a delish dinner at The Hollywood Brown Derby (Cobb salad & Grapefruit cake!! Whoo hoo!!) A wonderful time was had by all!! TTYL❤️