FLORIDA VACATION - JUNE 1 - 13 2009

THE MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL WAS OUT WE PACKED UP AND GOT ON THE ROAD WITH OUR POP UP. POOR KATY AND JILLY STAYED AT HOME WITH AUNT AMY, BUT WE WERE ON OUR WAY.
WE LEFT AT 4:30 AM AND CHRIS DROVE US TO JACKSON, MS. CALEB WOKE UP AROUND 7:30 AND SO DID I.

WE STOPPED AT CRACKER BARRELL AND ATE A WONDERFUL B-FAST. RE-ENERGIZED READY TO GO AGAIN.

IN JACKSON, WE CAMPED OUT AT THE STATE PARK. CHRIS PLAYED DISK GOLF AND I TRIED TO PUT CALEB TO SLEEP. TRIED IS THE KEY WORD.

HERE IS OUR HAPPY FAMILY AFTER CALEB HAD 12 HOURS OF SLEEP. I WAS ALMOST READY TO TURN AROUND IF HE DIDN'T CHILL OUT.

FRIENDS WE SAW ON OUR TRIP.

WE STOPPED IN MOBILE, AL. AND WE HAD THE AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK UP A FEW FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I ATE LUNCH WITH MY AUNT GAIL AND MY COUSIN JOY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM.

THE FARMERS WERE THE HIGH LIGHT OF OR TRIP. LYNDELL & RACHEL ARE WEARING RED. LINDA IS ON THE FLOOR IN WHITE. I SURE DO MISS THIS FAMILY. RACHEL LIVES IN CHICAGO AND WAS DOWN TO CELEBRATE RORI'S B-DAY AND SARA'S BABY'S BIRTH-ELLA.

THIS IS JOHN AND CALEB. HIS DAUGHTER RORI WAS HAVING HER 2ND BIRTHDAY WHILE WE WERE THERE.

WE GOT TO MEET SARAH AND TODD'S BABY: ELLA. SHE WAS SO BRAND NEW THAT SHE WASN'T OUT OF THE HOSPITAL YET. SHE'S PRECIOUS!

THE BRYANT'S: I PLAYED V-BALL WITH KELLI AND FOR PHILLIP WITH THE FLORA-BAMA TEAM. WE WENT TO NATIONALS 3 TIMES TOGETHER AND THE BEST WE DID WAS 3RD PLACE. (THE YEAR AFTER I MOVED THEY WON THE WHOLE THING!) THEY HAVE 2 WONDERFUL KIDS, MICHAEL AND COPELAND. PHILLIP AND KELLI SEEM LIKE WONDERFUL PARENTS AND WE HAD SO MUCH FUN CATCHING UP.

DISC GOLF - OUR FAMILY HAD ONE OUTTING TOGETHER THE REST WAS EITHER CHRIS OR THE BOYS. IT WAS FUN, BUT HOT!

I LOVE THIS PICTURE OF CHRIS AND CALEB ON THE BRIDGE IN FRONT OF THE BEACH. CALEB WOULD START CHANTING BEACH WHEN HE WOULD SEE THE BRIDGES.

HERE IS OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME. WE FELT LIKE OUR PART OF THE CAMP SITE WAS A LITTLE TRASH. OH WELL, THERE JUST WASN'T ROOM FOR EVERYTHING INSIDE.

HERE WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE PIER AT GULF BREEZE, ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES IN THE WHOLE WORLD!

FUN TIMES IN THE POP-UP

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! THE SUN WOULD POP UP BEFORE 6:00 AND SO WOULD THE BOY! WE WOULD PLAY WITH OUR DADDY IN BED.

THIS IS THE POOL AT THE CAMP GROUND.

CHRISPY DROPED ME OFF AT THE BEACH AND HE AND CALEB WENT TO PLAY DISC GOLF.

CALEB DIDN'T LIKE THE STRONG SUN AT 10:30 AM. HE WAS HIDDING FROM THE SUN.

THIS IS OUR CRAZY BOY AT NIGHT, WHEN THE SUN WAS DOWN AND IT WAS STILL LIGHT. HE LOVED TO RUN ON THE BEACH!

HERE WE ARE AT THE BASS-PRO SHOP IN FT. WALTON. WATCH OUT FOR THE SHARK!

THE BLUE ANGELS PRACTICE AND MUSEUM.

IT WAS AWESOME! WE WENT TWO MORNINGS IN A ROW. THE MUSEUM WAS FREE AND INCREDIBLE! IT'S REALLY COOL!

MAYBE CALEB CAN BE A PILOT ONE DAY!

THIS WAS CALEB'S FAVORITE PART! MARCH MARCH MARCH!

THESE PLANES WERE 12 TO 18 INCHES APART.

IT SURE WAS HOT EVEN AT 7:30 AM.

CALEB LOVES SESAME STREET AND FUNIONS. THIS WAS ONE OF OUR LAST RESOURSES WHEN WE WERE ON THE ROAD FOR 6 HOURS.

THE GULF BREEZE ZOO W/ THE BRYANT'S

KELLI, MICHAEL, COPELAND, CHRISPY AND CALEB LOOKING AT THE BABY HIPPO.

CALEB ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE TRAIN.

FAMILY PICTURES AT THE BEACH.

CHRISPY AND HIS DISC GOLF HABIT. THIS GUY HAD A COURSE IN HIS YARD!

WE STAYED AT A RV PARK THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A CASINO, WE GOT A FREE BREAKFAST OUT OF IT. CALEB WAS A FEW YEARS TO YOUNG.

WATERMELON - WANT SOME?

A PREPARED A QUICK PIC NIC ON THE WAY HOME. I'M SO GLAD CHRISPY DROVE FOR US.

CALEB WAS WORN OUT WHEN WE WERE HEADED HOME.

CALEB WENT CRAZY WHEN WE GOT HOME. MIMI, G-MOMMY AND DANNY CAME OVER AND CALEB DANCED AND RAN AND SQUEELED. HE WAS SO FUNNY!