First time blogger

OK - so I'm new to the world of blogging. I'd thought I'd give this a whirl so that Lynnis doesn't feel like she's all alone in the Pierce Family Happenings blogging world. I can't guarantee that I can keep up with it quite as well as Lynnis does, but I'll try to post periodically.

So...we just returned from the sunny tropics of Florida on Sunday after spending Thanksgiving weekend with my mom, Jim, and Jim's daughters and their families. We had a wonderful time kayaking down 9 miles of Turner River (part of the Everglades) which dumped us out into Chokoloskee Bay (which empties into the Gulf of Mexico). Let's just say all passengers survived the 9 miles of kayaking adventure expect for one of us who pooped out about 3.5 miles downstream. I told my adventuresome mother to please be sure to ease us into the adventure next time, instead of signing us up for 9 miles! What in the heck was she thinking!?!?!?! We did see some awesome sights during this trip (especially while my kayak was being towed for a time behind Jim's kayak!) The next day we took an airboat ride where we saw about 10 or so gators. That was cool. I think that was the highlight of our trip. Later that evening, we boarded the "Shark", which took us on an 1.5 hour sunset evening cruise through a few of the Ten Thousand Islands and part of the Gulf of Mexico. Many birds, including pelicans, thrive on the Ten Thousand Islands and we even got to see a Bald Eagle perched on a Mangrove Tree. That was awesome!
The kiddos enjoyed the plane ride as it was Drake's first airplane ride and the first one that Tera remembers. It was fun listening to some of their comments while taking off and landing on the airplane. So, the trip was great and it sure was good to get to see my Mommy.

Looking forward to Christmas on the 20th at our house.......I've put somewhat of a menu together, so I'll e-mail that to everyone in the next couple of days.

Well.....I hope this "blog" worked. Hugs and kisses to all!