Our Awesome Weekend!!

Although it didn't start out that way, our little family had an awesome July 4th weekend. Here is a time line of how things went:


Wednesday, July 2nd

7:00 p.m.: Jamie and girls see Kit Kittridge movie.


9:08 p.m.: Heading home from the movie, Big Sis vomits in the van.


9:45 p.m.: Girls and Jamie arrive to apartment, A/C not working, upstairs is like a sauna


11:00 p.m.: Josh arrives home to find below standard sleeping conditions.



Thursday, July 3rd

6:45 a.m.: Family awakes to no A/C, very crabby family indeed.


7:30 a.m: Family eats breakfast out to escape heatbox apartment.


8:00-8:40 a.m.: waiting outside of rental office to alert them of no A/C.


9:00 a.m.: Family arrives back to apartment getting hotter every minute.


9:o5 a.m: Jamie begs Josh to take dog to kennel and begin mini-vacation a day early.


9:06 a.m.: Josh complies. Packing quickly ensues.


9:15a.m. to 2:5o p.m.: packing, showering, driving, snacking, more driving


3:00-4:3o p.m.: search for hotel with vacancy, find one, lounge on beds enjoying A/C


4:30-6:oo p.m.: Eat at fav seafood place one last time. YUM!!


6:30-7:30 p.m.: Swim in hotel's awsome pool.


7:30-9:00 p.m.: walk on beach, dig holes in sand, watch sunset



Friday, July 4th

6:45 a.m.: Little Sis wakes up, ready for "brek-thust"


8:00 a.m.: Eat at Waffle House, blueberry waffle, mmmmmm


9:30a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Enjoy Florida's Gulfarium. Big and Little Sis love it.





12:15p.m: Drive to Pensacola, Fl


1:30-3:45 p.m.: Visit Naval Aviation Museum. Josh is like a little kid.



3:45p.m.: Drive to wrong hotel.


4:00 p.m.: Finally get to right hotel (earned free night with Marriott rewards)

Sweet bonus: hotel is in perfect viewing distance of Pensacola fireworks show.

4:15-5 p.m.: veg out in room.

5-6:30 p.m.: walk to Outback Steakhouse (a block away), Eat yummy meal.


6:30-7:00: digest

7:oo-8:00 p.m.: Swim in hotel pool.

8:00-9:00 p.m.: shower, jammies (girls)

9:00 p.m.: walk down to lobby and watch fireworks from front lawn of hotel

9:30p.m.: bedtime


Saturday, July 5th
7:30-9:00 a.m.:wake, get dressed, eat free breakfast in hotel lobby.

9:00-10:oo a.m.: check out, load up

10:00-11:30 a.m.: Drive along coast, Gorgeous!!!

11:30-12:30 p.m.: Visit Navarre Beach, played in sand and surf, so much fun!

12:30-4:00 p.m.: Travel (the scenic route) back to Alabama.

4:oo p.m.: Enter apartment, A/C is fixed, apartment cool!!!!!

Thanks for putting up with this post. I know it is a little lengthy but I really wanted to document our weekend. If I missed some time periods it was because I didn't want to bore you with too many details. Also, sorry about the spacing, I tried to fix it and it kept acting up. We had such an awesome time. Memories were made and bonding happend between the members of our family. God is awesome. I am thankful to Him for our time together and also for His awesome creation that we enjoyed. He is quite an artist.