Vacation to the South! :-D

 Rachel & I enjoyed a splendid week of vacation to the south!

As we started out our trip,

we were happy to see the sun shining again :-)

 We stayed with Deborah in TN overnight on Wednesday

on our way to Pensacola, Florida, to visit Mary & Suzy.

 Once again, a beautiful sunny morning

as we headed off early to PCC!

 Enjoyed a girls date night on Thursday night!

We spent hours catching up & could've spent much longer!

So much fun to be with sisters & cousins!

 Nurses Unite! :-D

 Enjoyed lunch on campus on Friday afternoon.

 Rachel & I enjoyed some Frappes & shopping

while the girls were in class.

I thought this sign was preeettty funny!

I got it for Mar... knew she'd love it! ;-)

 Elena got her siblings to smile for a pic :-)

Watching them while Abby & Sam were observing a class.

 Enjoyed CiCi's pizza buffet for dinner!

("All the cardboard pizza you can eat for $5"

as Dr. Jim says... ;-p I actually thought it wasn't

too bad, though! Maybe it was the company? ;-)).

 Friday Night Soccer Game!

Poor Tony... ;-) Glad Mary & Suzy have such nice friends at PCC!

 Shopping on Saturday!

 And Chick-fil-A before the Air Show!

 Pensacola Naval Base... very touching!

 Love how the Blue Angels proudly support Michigan! :-)

 Mary & Mary look alike ;-)

 Getting ready for the Air Show to start

 It was awesome!

 Such kind aunts to give the children a better view ;-)

 Trolley ride back to our cars

 Chloe loved yelling out the window & saying,

"Hi, people! Hi, people!"

Funny how much she reminds me of me with her little personality!

I guess Chloe ELISABETH was a good name for her, Abs! ;-)

Enjoyed the evening going to the beach!

 What a perfect way to end a wonderful day!

 LOVE this pic of my little buddy! :-D

 Enjoyed writing her name in the sand... :-)

 Enjoyed "sister dates" Sunday afternoon after church.

 On Sunday evening, we met the Sanderlins at a park

where a church had gathered & Sam gave his presentation.

 Enjoyed 32 Degrees Frozen Yogurt after church Sunday night! :-)

 PCC Chapel on Monday.

The man up on the screen is the new president, Dr. Shoemaker.

A lot of PCC dressed in red to show their support for Romney.

Glad we could be there to join in!

 Smoothies at the Palm Grill on Monday afternoon :-)

If you haven't guessed already, we took full advantage

of the vacation & ate what we wanted, when we wanted!

A true vacation! ;-)

 Enjoyed classes with Mary & Suzy on Monday.

You can probably tell we learned a lot... ;-p

 Dinner at Jim & Kari Showers on Monday night.

 Love my sisters!!

 We watched Tony & Craig (Mary & Suzy's friends) play a

soccer game on Monday night :-) We enjoyed our cozy,

warm, front row car seats since it was raining!

 Very sad to say goodbye to the girls!

But only about 27 more days, right?! :-)

 Got Frappes to keep us going for the next seven hours

or so until we made it safely to TN! :-)

We like to cram as much as we can in one day! ;-)

 Enjoyed shopping with Debz on Tuesday.

The Christmas lights were SO BEAUTIFUL! :-D

 Debz especially liked this decorated tree ;-)

(Thought I'd clarify in case you couldn't tell what it was! ;-p)

 Enjoyed our time with Debz in TN for a couple days.

We had such a fun, relaxing trip & had a hard time

coming back to reality! ;-p

So glad I could do the trip with you, Rach! :-)

It was a blast!! Same time next year??? ;-)