VACATION 2011--panama city beach--woot woot!!

Where to begin?? We were all so ready to get out of town and RELAX!  So, we packed up and took off to Panama City Beach! It is such a great place to chill, to lay back and just BE.

The water was awful, it rained the first day, but it was awesome!  We spent the 'rainy' day at  Gulf World watching the dolphins, big ole sea turtles, sea lions and even petted the sting ray. Later that night we went back to watch an illutionist by the name of Noah Wells. Seems he is the illutionist of the year...who knew! It was actully pretty good..even tho i am not into that stuff.

The next couple of days was spent on and off the beach. Soaking up as much sun as we could. I have come to realize i have an addiction to the sun. I love it! I won't go into details on how much i crave being outside or how much i love getting a good tan...so let me move on.

As i said earlier, the water was awful. There was seaweed everywhere. It was kinda odd too that we did not see a shell one on our beach the whole week. We have never had a trip quite like that!
We did see several dolphins everyday, we saw some stingrays, and even maybe a manatee? And, not to mention all the different types of PEOPLE!.

PEOPLE,.... i say you never should feel bad about how you look when you go to the beach...cause there is always someone who looks worse! LOL  I know i do not look good, but after a couple hours on the beach i don't even realize it. i look around and do not see many perfect bodies(except those belonging to 16-18 year old girls, and maybe 20-25 year old guys). So, i feel right at home! =) maybe that is one of the reasons i LOVE the beach (and the wide open space full of sunshine being the 2nd).

We had tons and tons of food, and lots of fun family time. We went in two different vehicles this year and i did not like it one bit. We have so much fun in the car when we go places, and i missed that a lot.

Last but not least...Rob and I celebrated our 29th anniversary while on vacation. 29 freaking years! It is so hard to believe it has been that long! I have loved this man all my life it seems. I was a mere 16 years old when i met him, and 17 when i married him. He jokes that he raised me, but in all honesty, he really did!  I was a mom at 19 and have loved every single minute of it. God truely blesses me every day to let me share my life with Rob and the whole gang. I love them so much.

nite all....guess i should turn in for the nite. ;)
Monica

POTD...My JEEP riding buddie! LEVI

The time i get to spend with Levi is so special to me. I can just FEEL the love he has for me, and i know he knows i love him(cause i tell him about every 5 minutes or so! lol) Levi loves riding in the Jeep almost as much as i do. Tuesday he and I took Zac to football workouts then we just started riding. He is such a trooper. He and i laughed and giggled for about an hour and a  half on our trip. We ride the back roads so we can "tool" around, look for deer, and there is also a couple baby pigs we scope out each time. On this trip he kept telling me "no way hosea" instead of JOSE! i giggled and giggled at him. And as you can imagine he is "kinda" use to me sticking the camera in his face, so here in the picture, he is giving me his SMILE for the time being! haha. I love this kiddo so much. He is such a funny, happy, and just a little bit spoiled.   but that is just the way i like it! ;-)