Thanksgiving Week

We are on Perdido Key for the 5th year in a row.  We love our vacation time here every Thanksgiving.  If I had an extra $500,000 lying around, I'd buy this condo in a heartbeat.  I'm behing on my postings, so thought I'd get ahead for a bit.  :)  My goal is to post at least one new posting a day on this Heading and one new set of pics for past adventures each day, too. 

Kara and Samantha on our balcony.  Kara's never been to this condo, so it was fun showing her around and seeing her reaction to the view.   I love this place!



 Sunset the view from our balcony.  We headed off to meet TJ and Chrissy at the mexican restaurant down the street right after this.  We had seen them at PCC when we stopped by on our way to the condo.  Kara got to see her sister and we delivered all the packages to the other kids who are from our church whose moms sent stuff for them with us.

 Ahhhh, the beach.

 Our pretty Sammy

 Samantha and Kara hiding from the camera

 Sunset, time to eat

Sunrise!  I got up to say goodbye to Chrissy and TJ as they headed to school this morning.  I was going to go back to bed, since it was even 7 when they left, but I've decided to catch up on some work, then head out to read my Bible on the balcony.  It's gonna be a lovely day.  I'm so thankful that we were able to come again this year.  What a blessing.

PCC Here We Come! Sept 2011

It's that time of year!  Can't believe how quickly time flies.  The summer was here and gone. I'll upload the rest of the summer later, but wanted to at least get our trip to FL on here before we head back in November!

 Tropical Storm Lee was heading toward the coast as we were getting to Perdido Key. The usual tranquil Gulf was rough and windy. It was beautiful to see, though!  This is the view from our balcony.

 The tide was coming in, but the condo next door didn't even bring their chairs in. They were still there the next day. I was surprised.

 The "kids" spent the night with us at the condo on Sat night, then checked into PCC Sunday afternoon.  Afterwards we all went out for lunch.

 Chrissy and Amber being silly.

 Chrissy and Amber

 TJ, Johnny & Joey trying to ignore me

 Theron & me

 TJ, Joey, Johnny, Chrissy and I went down to the beach when we got done with lunch.

 We waited for the weather to be clear (between squalls), but the ocean was still churned up.

 Me & Lee on Perdido Key   :)

 I think that is TJ.  The boys played ball and Chrissy and I took a walk.

 The waves and swells were HUGE!  Awesome show of God's power.

 A pretty bird braving the storm.

 Love those waves!

 A random branch stuck in the sand. 

 My three sons and one daughter.  :)

 Not sure what Johnny was doing, but they were all acting crazy! 

 Another squall heading our way...time to go inside!

 Here it comes!

 Monday night Theron and I headed to The Oyster House in Alabama for a date night.

 Holding the camera for a quick photo.  We look funny close up. LOL

 Sunrise on our way to breakfast with the kids to say goodbye.

 We met Chrissy and TJ at Steak N Shake to eat breakfast before heading to Sarasota for Dad's 82nd birthday.

 My kids and me before Theron and I left.

 The view from our condo. Much calmer!

 I had to take one more walk down the beach before leaving.

 The birds were enjoying the nicer weather.  The waves were still bigger than normal, but much smaller than they had been all weekend.

 Yep, still a bit rough for the normally tranquil Gulf shore.

Bye Perdido Key!  See you in November!!

Chrissy's Graduation

 We met up with TJ, Johnny, Joey and Chrissy at PCC and then took them to our favorite Mexican restaurant on Perdido Key.  I told everyone to smile, so TJ started with the faces!

 Chrissy took this of Joey, Theron and me, and lo and behold, Theron made a TJ face! Chrissy and I laughed so hard!! He's so funny!

 This is after the graduation.  Dakota, Johnny, Zeke, Chrissy and TJ just hanging out.

 TJ, Joey, Zeke, Chrissy, Johnny & Dakota...some of her closest friends who helped make her years at PCC fun!

 Funny Face Picture

 Love this one!

 ...and then Johnny got hold of my camera....

 ....good thing he doesn't work for the yearbook!

 TJ photographed by Johnny  LOL

 Theron, Chrissy and Me   YAY Chrissy!! 

 Had to do a funny face picture

 Chrissy's last time in her room

 Chrissy wanted to go to Lambert's for her Graduation dinner.  We had to do it after her graduation, which meant most of her friends were already gone.  We took TJ, Johnny and Joey with us.

 We had a good time, and the food was yummy, too!

 The Famous Lambert's

 We stayed in the same condo complex that we stay in for Thanksgiving, but just leased a smaller place. This one was 2 bedroom with a "bunkbed" room, too.  Plenty of space and VERY nice!

 Chrissy and I walked on the beach a few times. This is the walkway out to "our" beach.

I call this "Wishful Thinking".  This bird kept stalking this fisherman. haha