{"id":18915,"date":"2022-01-06T08:46:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=18915"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:26:26","slug":"december-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/06\/december-2\/","title":{"rendered":"December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well that went fast. Not just December but the whole year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4208-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18935\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our weather has been so warm and it really didn&#8217;t feel like the holidays. We have been spending a lot of time on the porch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0101507F-F716-4A6A-AC4F-912925A9B834-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4077-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18882\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the weather was so nice we went back to the beach. The off season in always so nice there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4021-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18884\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eva and I did the geocaching on the island. We had so much fun finding everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_3984-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18891\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A77C3C13-2FBE-4387-9C0E-0BD41DD6DD90-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2F339766-C36D-4BD2-8791-33AD293A5B1C-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy worked on the beach buggy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4025-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18887\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We took it out for a spin and did a bit more geocaching<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4034-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18886\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We did puzzles, played at the beach, and watched sunsets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/534EEC9B-8762-4D09-A2CC-CDDB75B6A5D1-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4037-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18890\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4008-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18885\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We attended a holiday dinner at the BHI club with our friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/img_4053-4000x4000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18888\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We went back home to meet up with Austin who was coming in from Ohio with his two kitties<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1250\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8AE9D09-35C6-45BA-AFC5-6D84D4C2DA34-scaled-e1641474791636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8AE9D09-35C6-45BA-AFC5-6D84D4C2DA34-scaled-e1641474791636.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8AE9D09-35C6-45BA-AFC5-6D84D4C2DA34-scaled-e1641474791636-600x750.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/6F7E9720-E6BA-4E86-B0DF-C2954752C06C-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Went over to one of our fave parts of Durham to have dinner at Mellow Mushroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8A872F5-1EE9-4B13-A156-33D0D2AA268E.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8A872F5-1EE9-4B13-A156-33D0D2AA268E.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8A872F5-1EE9-4B13-A156-33D0D2AA268E-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/A8A872F5-1EE9-4B13-A156-33D0D2AA268E-169x300.jpeg 169w, 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width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/F84A6EF9-DFEB-4CA6-8675-3B9724A6FD91-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4386-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18940\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eva got phone for Christmas and new Rollerblades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4396-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18936\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So many kitties when everyone is home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4404-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18938\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Eva finally got braces!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4359-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18939\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then it was back to the beach to ring in the New Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D4FD9BD0-9252-47AC-A043-87A8C84EAFF0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D4FD9BD0-9252-47AC-A043-87A8C84EAFF0.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D4FD9BD0-9252-47AC-A043-87A8C84EAFF0-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/D4FD9BD0-9252-47AC-A043-87A8C84EAFF0-169x300.jpeg 169w, 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Those trees are my fave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/5B8527DE-EB4D-48C1-BA1F-1927F800160D.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18909\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And that wraps up December and 2021!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1125\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64-600x1067.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/802F3FCD-C208-4A82-96E4-054499D3FC64-650x1156.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4544-3000x4000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18934\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well that went fast. Not just December but the whole year! Our weather has been so warm and it really didn&#8217;t feel like the holidays. We have been spending a lot of time on the porch. Because the weather was so nice we went back to the beach. The off season in always so nice there Eva and I did the geocaching on the island. We had so much fun finding everything! Andy worked on the beach buggy We took it out for a spin and did a bit more geocaching We did puzzles, played at the beach, and watched sunsets We attended a holiday dinner at the BHI club with our friends We went back home to meet up with Austin who was coming in from Ohio with his two kitties Went over to one of our fave parts of Durham to have dinner at Mellow Mushroom Blake could only get a couple days off work so his visit was short but sweet Eva got phone for Christmas and new Rollerblades So many kitties when everyone is home Eva finally got braces! Then it was back to the beach to ring in the New Year Picking up our dog food at the Post Office. 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