Panama City Beach Vacation :)

We hadn't been on a vacation as a family for many YEARS until this one!  We decided we wanted to go to the beach AND WE DID!!!  I had never been to Florida and the kids were wanting to go as well.. So we did it and we drug along D's brother and family!  We had SOO much fun.  It is so fun to have all the kids old enough to really enjoy a good family vacation like this.  Everyone had fun, Everyone was tired, Everyone laughed, a few cried, one got sick, It was a pretty typical family vacation, but we LOVED it!!!  The drive was long and hot, but we made it.  We were happy to reach our rental home and hop in the pool!  :)  We had to wait out a storm one day, but overall we had GREAT weather and GREAT fun.  We learned that the sun is MUCH hotter in FL and application of sunscreen is an hourly event with our fair skinned kids.  Darin got the worst of the burn, but I think everyone got a bit.  Sunscreen and sand is an interesting thing... especially with little kids.  LOL  oh well! :)  It really was a GREAT experience.  J and I went snorkeling and saw a crab and some awesome fish.  Everyone loved the waves and building sand castles. :)  Most of the kids think the PIRATE ship was the best thing-- The crew (pirates) played sooo many games with the kids.  This ship experience was built all for kids, but it was AWESOME!  Gulf world was fun.  My favorite part was the dolphin show.  They are AMAZING animals to me.  :)

Anyway, it was a GREAT time to be together and build memories... Annnd here are a slew of pictures as proof!! :)

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