Shipwrecked...

At the beginning of the summer, we took a short beach jaunt to St. George Island. So, it was only fitting that we end the summer at the beach as well. Enter my good friend Kari Copeland Smith and her mom Caroline Copeland and family to help us make that happen. Once again, we packed up what beach belongings we had (which are meager but seem to be multiplying nonetheless) and headed for 3 days of sand, sun and surf. This time the beach of choice was the home of the world's most beautiful beaches,Panama City beach. We stayed in a high floor beach condo, which the girls loved and we hung out at the pool during the evening and went hunting for crabs on the beach at night. The girls still talk about that! From there, we went to Shell Island at St. Andrews state park and were basically at our own private beach. Hunt finally tested the waters there, hopefully he had a good time, he seemed really interested tasting the salty sand and water at least. That was his last day because I had Joe pick him up at the condo (thankfully he was working in PC that day) so that the next day I could go with Kari and take the girls to Shipwreck Island water park. Needless to say, this was the highlight for them, they'd never been there or to any other water park before so they lived it up!!! I made sure to coat them in sunscreen but apparently forgot to apply it to myself. Oh well, the burn eventually peeled off. Anyway, we had a great time spending our last few "days of gold" with good friends and lots sunshine. Can't wait to do it again!!!



**MSL**