Holidays with Family were amazing!!

Most holidays on Oahu we spent alone because it was simply too far for family to come visit for the major holidays. One of our main reasons for leaving paradise was to be closer to our families on the mainland.

We spent a wonderful week with my parents for Thanksgiving and their 50th Anniversary. We headed to Florida the middle of December to visit our Funke family. We hit a few springs on our way down to New Port Richie. Christmas was awesome! The boys had so much fun meeting their Gilmor relatives.

After New Port Richey, we drove down to Miami to explore Everglades National Park. We went to an alligator farm and had a fun airboat ride. The boys were excited to hold a baby alligator and a snake. Even Mama held the alligator and snake! Faced my fears that day!

Next we drove up and explored Kennedy Space Center. Pretty amazing! Too bad it rained all day. New Year's Eve was pretty low key for us lol! We delayed our departure by a day because of freezing weather in Georgia. We stopped halfway home in South Carolina for the night. There was snow on the ground and the boys had fun playing. I swear they are oblivious to the cold!

The rest of January we spent house hunting, homeschooling the boys and continuing to explore the area. We took another field trip to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and went on a nice little hike. Aiden and Wyatt were so excited that we crossed into Tennessee and they got to add another state to our map!

Here's the link to the NPS website to learn more about the park and of course more pics:
Great Smoky Mountain National Park