Panama City Beach

We stayed at our friends' house on the drive down to Florida. Marie was so nice to take us in. 

 This girl LOVES being outside.

 Those two checking out the action on the beach.

 the ocean is exhausting.

We found some fisherman with a TON of fish.

We went looking for alligators but it was a cloudy day... they don't come out unless it is sunny.

Zola impressed us with her ability to color in the lines!

We went to Wabala (or something like that) springs and went on a river boat tour to see the animals.

I love these people.

We saw this bird that has to air out his feathers for 20 minutes after diving for food before he can fly.

Here is a really lousy picture of an alligator. We saw Many of these... I just wasn't good at taking pictures of them.

Then we saw some manitees! That was my favorite part...

We went to seaside where "the truman show" was filmed.

 Ethan, Brad and Allison!

 Dennis disappeared for like 20 minutes and then we found him watching the laundry. Entertainment at its best.

We love the condo... more pictures to come...

Easter

 Our eggs turned out pretty normal this year! Dennis had a secret message on a yellow egg but you couldn't see it... So Dad tried washing it. It just turned white. oops.

 We went on an Easter egg hunt at our friends' house.

 Our Easter morning loot from the Easter bunny.

 Then we recreated our Easter egg hunt in our backyard... several times.

fun times

 Zola saying an impromptu prayer on her own. She is such a joy to have in our family. She loves her daddy.

We went to a dinosaur exhibit at quarry hill. It was pretty fun to dress up as dinosaurs and play with our friends.

 We also went to chuck e cheese for a birthday party. So much fun for kids.

 Zola would ride the merry go round over and over.

 Everyone knows that we keep our house at a chilly 65 degrees during the winter... My kids still insist on being naked! They play so well together running around.

 I love waking up to these awesome kids in my bed.

 Zola is fascinated with bras. She found Ryan's new eye mask and put it on. It worked pretty well.

 She is a diva.