Thursday, April 2, 2009

Spring Break Country

Somehow March has just flown by! I don't know why we ever thought a 3-story, 4-bedroom house would be too big for us during out time here in Panama City. Since February, we've had 33 visitors and used every sheet and towel in the place. We've given new meaning to SPRING BREAK '09 in PCB! It's been so fun to have family and friends come from many miles away to see our beach vacation home and enjoy the beautiful gulf coast beaches.

Usually the beaches here are crystal clear and the sand white as snow. However, lately there has been some crazy thunderstorm action and the waves are crashing in and stirring up all the sand. It's not so pretty right now. We've fully experienced the spring break college crowds, learned not to drive anywhere near MTV's Club La Vela, and quit shopping at Walmart since everyone else and their sorority sister is there!

Daniel's schedule is beginning to slow down a little in dive school. Tomorrow will be his last dive and then supposedly they'll just be doing some classroom time until his graduation on June 5th. We're already starting to make moving preparations again!

We've had a lot of fun with our company. We had Samford University and Texas A&M represented with our college aged siblings down for their spring breaks a few weeks ago. We had one of the jetskis my parents lent us up and running and did some tubing and wake boarding. While Daniel has been at school I've been staying busy mostly playing with friends and enjoying the pool and beaches. Emily (my friend from Oregon who is now stationed at Pensacola with her hubby) and her three girls came over for a night and we checked out the local zoo. And our most recent visitors got the worst of the weather unfortunately. Daniel's highschool friend Dana and her family came out for a visit, but somehow we ended up with huge thunderstorms and tornadoes. I was thoroughly impressed with how well the kids handled the weather and we did get some fun in once the sun came out. We went to the airshow at TAFB and even the USN Blue Angels made an appearance! We did hit the beach one day and everyone but Zasia liked it! At age 2 she'd already figured out the sand just wasn't her thing!

We have a few weekend trips planned for April and May, but other than that just enjoying the beach as much as we can. Of course we'll still be at the beach in Virginia, but it is quite convenient to have it right across the street!





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