Nights of Lights

As you read in my last {POST}, the little family and I were headed up to St. Augustine for our annual trip during the Christmas season...it is SO beautiful this time of year up there. Unfortunately, our trip was cut short because not only did my husband get sick, my daughter woke up in the middle of the night unable to breath through her nose and AB. SO. LUTE. LY miserable....so, instead of getting our friends and their kids sick, we headed home early :( I must have an immune system like a rock! Could it be all the vitamins I take every night?? No lie - I'm like an old person with all my pills. I even have one of those weekly pill box holder-thingies for me to fill up each week. HA!! I keep telling Mr. Spouse to take his vitamins, but he refuses...until he feels like he's getting sick, and by that point, it's too late...oh well. Maybe one day he'll learn that I'm always right! hahaha!

Anyway...as promised, here are some pictures to show you why you need to go up there (or as in most of y'alls case - DOWN there or OVER there..ha!) during this time of year. I have to apologize that they are a little blurry, I was taking pictures without the flash to see the beautiful-ness of the lights at night...BUT we were on the trolly, so I wasn't able to get a steady shot. But Hopefully, you'll get the idea :) p.s. - these pictures do NOT do it justice! 

Bridge of Lions that connects downtown to the beach side

the courtyard downtown

another of the courtyard

Lightener Museum

and my BEE-A-UUUUU-TIFUL college, Flagler College! 

Lighthouse - my husband HAD to go see this since it's was on Ghost Hunters...lol

At the lighthouse - we both brought our Marshall shirts on the trip, unknowingly, so we matched! But it was perfect since they won their bowl game! woohoo! Go HERD!

     Yes, I'm a Florida girl, but I was born in Huntington. You know?? The home of the crash in '74? You don't know what I'm talking about?? Have you seen the movie - We Are Marshall?? With Matthew McConaughey??? NO??? GO rent it!! 

It's such a great movie (and he's not bad to watch either - ha!). And my mom actually knew some of the REAL characters in the movie, as did my grandparents. I still have family up there, and a lot of them have gone to Marshall. Although I never did, I still have my "inherited" connection to the school.

Hope you all are enjoying your break. (or are getting ready to enjoy it!). I think I have finally caught up on my stalking/commenting. Hard to tell though, since I have found so many new blogs out there! Although there are a few linky parties I want to link up to, but we will see if I have the motivation to actually go find the recipes I want to use..lol!!

OH! Speaking of which, I have been given the Liebster award by two more fabulous girls!

Thank you to:

Amy over at Library Momma

and Chrissy over at

Go check these ladies out and get their followers up! :) 

 Ok, I'm off to go make chicken noodle soup for my little sickies...or maybe I'll make Matzo Ball soup! yum!!


OMGOSH!! Just totally realized it's my 100th post!! Wish I had something to do a giveaway with - but I already gave my stuff as freebies!! ha!! Hmmm....I'll have to think about this one...but I'm also SOOO close to 200 followers!! That's worth a giveaway too!! AND Brooklynn is due ANY day (well, next week - between Christmas and New Years), and that's worth celebrating too!! WoW! Lots to celebrate - I'll have to think about this one...I'll get back to you! ha!