January – This month started out the year absolutely the
best that I could’ve hoped for. It began
with Garrett and me celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary. Then not long after, I received my Florida
Board of Professional Engineers license… woohoo!! Also, this month, we utilized our Christmas
gift from my parents by getting to experience Marvel Universe Live. To top it off, we even got a backstage tour
thanks to Mr. Justin Jackson… Thank you so much Justin!! You and your brother were awesome in the
show. What a treat for us and the girls. The girls also received a special treat from
Papa V; their very own Cogsworth. They
were ecstatic!
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| Marvel Universe Live!! |
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| Thank you Papa V.! |
February – To start this month off, Garrett and I decided to
treat my mom for all that she has done for us and the girls. She watches them full-time and also is taxi
for their extra-curricular activities much of the time; so she deserved an
extra special treat. I picked her up
without her knowing where we were going or what the agenda was. The surprise started with Amanda Kay joining
us. Then the weekend staycation involved
an escape room (Dad and Garrett joined in on that surprise), wax museum,
winery, Orlando Eye, Howl at the Moon, and… wait for it… matching tattoos… Yes
we did! It was one of the most amazing
weekends ever and I was so grateful to get to experience that with my mom and
sister. Thank you Garrett for helping to
pull that off and for your extra surprise. Also, this month we went to the state fair
with our friends the Goodman’s again.
That is always such a great time!!
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| Lake Ridge Winery Surprise from Garrett! |
Howl at the Moon and Escape Room fun with family
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| Fun at the fair! |
March – This month Garrett and I had the pleasure to join
the beautiful Showleys at an Orlando Magic Game, thank you so much for the
invite and great time guys. We also went
to another Magic game as a family with my parents. It was a joy to see Scarlett experience her
first game. This month we made sure to
get out to Disney to see the parades and fireworks as well. Oh, and Grace can now ride her bike without
training wheels! It was certainly a
“magical” month.
Special visits with Ms. Cori and Ms. Lauren (Magic emcee and dancers!)
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| Magic game fun with my love |
Disney fun with Nick Wylde and on the Aladdin Carpet Ride
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| Look mom and dad!! |
April – This month Garrett and I bought a new car to replace
our Jeep… this one has more room and is extra special thanks to my most awesome
Brother-in-Love Thiago!! This month we
also celebrated Grace’s birthday. She
was so excited to paint with friends and I was so excited for her. I cannot believe we have a 6 year old now. I also attended the ladies retreat this year
with both my mom and sister at Lake Aurora Christian Camp. Thank you Garrett for being understanding and
allowing me this “me” time. It was a
very refreshing retreat.
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| New car and fun color! |
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| Love my mom and sister! |
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| Birthday fun with friends |
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| Aren't they cute! Scarlett is 3rd from left. |
Moving up ceremony and holiday show
June – This month the girls had horse camp and got to have
fun riding, playing, and such at the barn. The
girls had fun with Nana doing all kinds of things (even holding alligators!). Scarlett also had dance camp and her dance recital this month. She was absolutely adorable as ever and we
could not be more proud of her. She
likes to goof off in class, but stage time, she is all showmanship. Amanda Kay, she must get some of that from
you!
Alligator fun for the girls at the library
Dance brings this girl joy and it was so great to see her sister's support
July – This was another fun busy month. Garrett and I started the month with the
Daytona Coke Zero race. We even camped
at the track. That was such an awesome
experience! Grace had her first horse
show this month. Needless to say she is
now hooked!! She did so great! Scarlett is now 4!! We had a great slip-in-slide party with a
small group of people. Scarlett was
happy which makes us happy. Grace got to
experience her first “summer camp” at Lake Aurora Christian Camp. That was one of the most wonderful
experiences for her and me both. We got
o do the parent-child camp and she was nervous at first (understandably as she
knew nobody else going), but she made some friends in no time and didn’t want
to leave!
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| Love this guy! Daytona here we are! |
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| Happy 4th birthday princess! |
This girl had a great time at her first horse show
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| Fun with friends at summer camp! |
August – Can you believe it?! Grace got into our choice school this
year. Last year she was #152 on the wait
list… yes, you read that right. This
year we received a call the week before school started that there was a spot
for her if we wanted it… YES we do!
Grace and Scarlett both started school this year at new schools (Grace
in 1st and Scarlett in VPK).
For dad’s birthday this month, we visited an escape room and then went
out to lunch (mom, dad, myself, Garrett, Amanda, and Thiago). It was so nice to have us ALL together… sorry
my girls, too young for escape rooms; Grace begged to go. Big news this month too… Scarlett learned how
to swim all by herself!!
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| 1st Grade, her Grace comes! |
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| VPK, here Scarlett comes! |
The girls with their teachers this year... we are blessed with great ones!
School fun for my girls!!
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| Our little fish! |
September - We started the month with our 71st
Annual Sheppard Reunion. It was a blast
of course! On the way home we even
surprised the girls and stopped by Russell Stover’s chocolate factory. I surprised Grace this
month with a mommy-daughter day just her and I.
We went painting and then out to lunch.
Daddy surprised Scarlett with a daddy-daughter day just the two of
them. They went to the fire station and
out to lunch. All in all, we four had
some awesome 1 on 1 time with one another.
Big things happening too as Grace lost her 1st tooth!! We ended the month by celebrating Garrett’s
birthday at Cowboys. It is always a
wonderful time getting back to where our love story began and dancing the night
away.
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| 4 generations at the Sheppard reunion |
The girls enjoying their special days!
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| Excited for the first visit from the tooth fairy! |
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| Date night at Cowboys! |
October – This month started great with the mother-daughter
retreat at Lake Aurora Christian Camp.
It is so hard to pick a favorite camp as they are all wonderful (Ladies
Retreat, Summer Camp, Mother-Daughter Retreat).
This one was fun as it was Grace and I’s first mother-daughter retreat
experience and Grace’s friend Celine and her mom, my friend, Jeannine were able
to also come. We even got to bunk with
them. This month we had our annual
Leeper Reunion, which is always a lot of fun too! Guess who is now playing piano… Scarlett is a
hoot and boy did she surprise us with how well she has taken to piano. I’m very excited for this new activity of
hers. This month has also been a busy
month at work with Hurricane Michael causing terrible devastation to our
panhandle. What a great experience
visiting the staging site and seeing how our first responders are “living” during the
restoration period. Then we wound down
the month with Halloween with our very own Princess Grace Kelley and Harley Quinn.
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| Mother-Daughter Retreat... making memories! |
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| Our little piano player |
Harley Quinn and Princess Grace Kelly
November – This month started with a beautiful wedding! Congratulations Josh and Kennedy!! It also included more horseback riding, piano
lessons, and silks. Oh… and I better not
forget to mention, we visited Santa and had our traditional tree cutting! We also celebrated Thanksgiving this month with
a lot of family at Papa V.s house. Time
with family time well spent. I had
the privilege of helping at Grace’s school for her thanksgiving re-enactment
day and I got to have thanksgiving lunch with Scarlett and Nana at Scarlett's school. I also got to finish the month
out by helping at Scarlett’s school for her St. Jude Trike-A-Thon.
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| My forever date! |
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| Cutting the perfect tree! |
Thanksgiving fun for each girl
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| Happy Thanksgiving from our silly family! |
St. Jude Trike-A-Thon and silks class fun!
December – As we are now into December, I am grateful for the blessed year we have had and all the traditions we have continued (including cutting our own Christmas tree!) and joy we've shared. We are now looking forward
to our family cruise this month. It has
been too long since cruising. Last year was
solely dedicated to studying and if I passed my test, I told Garrett I wanted
to celebrate with a family cruise. Well,
that I did and that we are! This year
has truly been a blessing… We are thankful to see this year through and looking
forward to what is to come in the next.
Merry Christmas from the Myers family!!
May God bless you beyond measure!
