Panama City, Fl beach trip

After Ella's birthday party, we left for Florida. It was midnight when we got there, but it is never too late to create a wonderful memory. Picture this in your mind...Ella had on her new Dora pajamas, her favorite boots and her wings she had gotten for her birthday. A sweet and perfect image that I will cherish for a lifetime.

We spent the week with Mimi, PawPaw Ace, Katie, John David and Pearce. It rained a lot, but we still made the most of the week. It was nice to relax and just enjoy all being together.

On Monday, it rained and rained and rained. No pool and no beach that day. On Tuesday. Clint and Ella went to the pool for a little while. The water was really cold, but that didn't seem to bother Ella any!

That night, we left the girls with Mimi and PawPaw and we went out to dinner at Capt. Andrew's. It was a great dinner, despite the loud lady that was sitting next to us.
On Wednesday, we had another birthday party for Ella. Mimi made some cupcakes and Ella got to wear her party hat again.

After playing on the beach, Clint and Mary Catherine decided to take a nap together.

We enjoyed watching Pearce and Mary Catherine together. They seemed to delight in looking at each other. Maybe they are already communicating!!

We took Mary Catherine and Ella out on Wednesday night. We drove down the beach to Rosemary beach and to Seacrest beach. On our way, Ella said the sweetest thing...

"Look Mommy, the angels need to put the clouds back together because they are breaking. I can put the puzzle back together...cuz I have wings."

After we left there, we went to Pier Park (a newly developed outdoor mall). Ella and Clint rode a choo-choo train. After that, we walked around the shops, danced to music and ate some chocolate.

On Thursday, it was raining in the morning, but that wasn't going to stop Clint and Ella from getting into the ocean. They were the only ones out there. (This picture is small...the black spec in the ocean is Clint and Ella).
But, then the sun came out and we got to spend the better part of the day out there.

Thursday night after the kids went to bed, Clint, Katie, John David and I went out "on the town." We went to an outdoor arcade. We played games - like skeeball and basketball. We even rode go-carts. It was a lot of fun. Overall, we had a wonderful week. I think that Mimi and PawPaw enjoyed spending time with their grandkids, too.