NYE and Harper's 15th Birthday

We rang in the New Year with cotton candy mocktails.

                                                                They were sugarlicious!

The next morning, it was Harper's birthday!
Cinnamon rolls with sprinkles were a sweet start to her morning.

Next, it was time to open presents.

She was surprised by a new iPhone.

This year, Harper chose a sugar cookie cake from Eileen's Colossal Cookies.

Harper insisted we pair our cake with an apple to keep things 'healthy.'

Harper's dinner choice was The Melting Pot.  This girl loves fondue!

We started with a loaded baked potato cheddar cheese fondue.

After the salads, we had steak, chicken, pork, shrimp, and potstickers. 

We were beyond full, but our stomachs magically opened up when they brought out dessert.

 We had a S'mores chocolate fondue that was flambéed!

Dessert goals achieved! We finished nearly all of it, and Harper said it was the best meal of her life.

 

Christmas 2025

 We had a great Christmas!
Christy and Joel came to visit.

Harper loved her gifts from them!  She got Perler beads

and a Labubu doll!

We went to the Winter Wonderland at the KC Pumpkin Patch.

There was so much to see!

The girls pretended to be a snowman

and Barbie too!

Harper loved the giant Light Brite!

Every year we visit the 14th Street synchronized light show.

Our church was packed on Christmas Eve!

We hit the stockings first thing on Christmas morning.

Harper loved these noodles from Ashley!

Her favorite gift wasn't the new Apple Watch or Airpods,
but rather a KMCB9 News version of Guess Who!

Ashley & I made her a custom Guess Who game with all of her favorite news reporters.

Every year the girls give me a custom puzzle featuring all of our favorite memories.
We love putting it together

and remembering all the fun we had that year!

Halloween 2025

 This year Halloween snuck up on us!

We barely had time to carve the pumpkin.

But we got it done!

Harper dressed up as Rumi from K Pop Demon Hunters.

She had lots of fun passing out the candy.

We had quite a few trick or treaters.

Some of Harper's friends from school even came by!

Happy Halloween!

More South Carolina

 We checked out a fun museum called Wonder Works.

There were so many things to do!

We played games

and a giant piano.

We both loved the Bubble Lab.

We raced 

and made some music!

Harper tried out the bed of nails.  I assured her it wouldn't poke her, but I was wrong!

We went to The Hangout for lunch.

Harper ordered a strawberry daiquiri

and mac & cheese with corn on the cob! 

She helped eat my shrimp platter too.

They had a cool Wish Wall. She made a wish

Then put it in the wall so it would come true!

We loved The Hangout!

At Broadway on the Beach, they were ready for Halloween

and had a hay bale maze too!

Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world,

with over 50 mini golf courses.

At one point, Harper lost her ball.

Luckily we found it a few minutes later!

We will miss Myrtle Beach!