reflection

I have recently received a visit from a life-long friend; a friend that I haven't seen in 18-20 years. We met in Kindergarten or First grade, we can't remember which (when you get in your 30's and have kids of your own, you'll relate ;) Her name is Angie and she is now married with children. I had not met her husband or children until last week. It was fabulous! I was so thrilled to see Angie again. I have many, many fond memories of playing with her at her home, going out to dinner with her, sneaking Vanilla Creme Faygo from her basement "stash", swimming @ the Ramblewood pool, playing Madonna records and dancing in her room, playing at the school playground, her shiny purple winter jacket (HA!), and much more.

Angie & I

I should have known better, but I was thinking that I would meet this teenager that I last saw. Angie has grown to be a beautiful woman who has aged hardly a bit! (I envy her for that, by the way lol) Her personality is still much like it used to be ~ she is fun loving, smart, and wise beyond her years; and now she is a mature, responsible wife and mother of two gorgeous kids.
I had so much fun catching up on life with Angie, getting to know her husband and children, and having her get to know my family as well. I can't wait until the next time her and her family decide to vacation in Panama City! Or....my next vacation to Georgia.... :)

Tyler, Tripp, Brie, Addison & Jayce

Addison beating up Ray Billy with her bat (don't worry, as you can see, it's filled with air!)

Tripp & Tyler

Until next time......we'll miss you!

dare devil

This brings back memories for me...only my tricks were going "one-handed" and "no handed" ~ and if I was feeling REALLY brave, I'd turn corners with no hands. Times have changed quite a bit now.

Tyler and his bff, Wes, have been practicing new tricks. Tyler can peddle his bike while doing "wheelies" (I think there's a new, more updated name for this, but I can't remember - catwalk maybe??). In these pics he's more concentrated on me and the camera as you can tell. Then he rode by me laying almost flat on his back! And lastly you can see him standing up, balancing on his back pegs.

Hopefully you won't see any broken bone posts on here!!

add hairstylist....

.......to my current list of motherly duties. After cutting all of the boys' hair(s?) for close to 6 years, I figured I could do it....and I hate to toot my own horn, but dang it TOOT TOOT! Seriously, though, I'm pretty excited about how it turned out. Addison looks so darn cute with short hair! She's just plain cute.

Truely the Most Haunted?

Back: Leslie, Kat, Deanna, Brenda, Deborah
Front: Jackie, Lori, Kelly, Jenn



GIRLS WEEKEND!

17Hundred90 The Haunted Inn....one of the most haunted Inns in all of Savannah, or so we are told.






For this year's girls weekend getaway we chose to go to the most haunted town in the US, Savannah, GA. Not only did Savannah have a wonderful Southern charm, it holds many secrets of past lives and hauntings.






















The Infamous Room 204 - our room. This is where most of the activity happens in the hotel.


















I couldn't resist showing off this picture....Thelma & Louise - we rode the entire 7 hours with the top down...well, we did have a hot spell when we noticed how red we were getting.....so we chickened out the last hour or so of the trip.


Deanna, Jackie, Leslie, Brenda, Kelly, Me & Kat -- our 9th girl was still driving down from DC when this picture was taken (by Lori).



We took a haunted tour of the town - this is our guide Robert. Apparently we were standing on the dead while on the sidewalk.....



If you look closer you will see orbs....

Visit from Ranae & Julie

Yes, I am more of a "let the pictures tell the story" kind of girl......and that doesn't change here. I've posted many pics of my wild Labor Day weekend with a visit from my great friend Ranae and her cousin Julie (aka Jooley...as Addison likes to spell it - very cute).



Ranae's last day here we visited her in-laws at the Saltwater Grill (very cool 25,000 gallon saltwater aquarium inside!).





Tyler takes a shot of us girls on the bar.







The kiddos -- Jim & I (thanks for the picture Tyler!)

BEACHIN IT!

So, the first day I take Ranae and Julie out on the boat (just us girls alone) I hurt myself....you can't see it here, but look below for a nice shot of my bruised ankle. I'm not so graceful when it comes to slippery slopes with wet flipflops on.

What trip to PCB would be complete without a trip to the beach?? NONE! Funny story about the day we took the boat out on Saturday.....ALL of the adults, myself excluded - captain - were sitting in the front of the boat. We had 11 people in all....4 kids, 7 adults. Guess who weighs more? What happens when all of the weight is at the front of the boat? Well...it begins to DIVE into the water. Oh yeah....it was hilarious to see the front of the boat just sink under the water - all you could see was water creeping all the way up to my feet. Jim, who is dangling his feet (and now body) off the front of the boat jumps up and yells for everyone to go to the back of the boat! I threw the engine in reverse, but it was out of the water! It was hilarious, but at the time I think most everyone was a little freaked out!

On our way back from the beach the adults jumped off the boat while moving full steam ahead (all of our 40hp). It was so funny.....

Nae & I are sitting in the water...if we knew you couldn't actually tell that, I'm sure we wouldn't have sat down! :)

On our way out, talking about sinking the boat.

Dangle gives Jayce a ride on the boogie board

Captain Nae!

The girls at the Dawghouse

Drinking at Stetsons....and trying to dance......

Bruce and I

I was a trooper with my "bum" ankle.

Going out to Pier Park - Tootsies & the Beer Hause (Hauf Brau or something like that)








The girls dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly




Happy Bday Anika! 33 is a good number!!

I am getting pampered by the PCB Police Officer :)

Econfina Canoe Trip Fall 08

Charlies Angels (a.k.a. me, Susie & Sara)

Yesterday was our fall trip down the Econfina River....we had a blast!

Each year Jim's squadron puts together (or shall I say Theresa puts together) a canoe trip for all in the squadron who want to go. This year's attendees were: us, Derek & Sara, Ricky & Randy, Bruce & Susie, Theresa & Sam, James Freeze, and some contractors (not sure who they were...). Dispite the fairly small group, we had a blast! Derek & Sara brought squirt guns & silly string to spice the trip up a little more - as if we needed help doing that! ;) There was enough alcohol on board each canoe to keep 30 men drunk....and I think everyone managed to keep all of it contained this year (a.k.a. in the boat, not floating away when the canoes tipped over).

Getting the canoes ready....

Close up of Susie & I (self portrait I think)

Our first stop....one of the natural springs. I am getting buzzed at this point - I think it was close to lunch time by that time. I hardly ever drink, but this year's been one of many drinks....

Here's most of the group....

Back on the water....watch out for the branches, spiders, and snakes Randy!

Susie & Bruce before one of their many tips

This little tip-over was a consipracy between the two men "helping" keep the canoe from floating away. This was the first time Jim & I went into the water.

Thank goodness we weren't the ONLY ones tipping over!