our trip to the beach.

We got back from Panama City Beach a few days ago and we had a great trip. It was very relaxing. We would go out to the beach in the morning and get all dirty and then we would play in the pool in the afternoon. My kids especially liked the hot tub though. I kept having to insist they get out and play in the pool.

The first day we were there we met a family who lives in Birmingham. Our kids had fun digging a hole in the sand together. There was one little boy with them who I thought was theirs only to find out that they had become defacto babysitters. His mother had come out to the water and was snorkeling and not paying attention. I noticed the next day that they avoided her. She came out with him again later and left him with us. She didn't say a word she just went in the water. When I was ready to go in I waded out to her and told her to watch her son. I think she could tell I was ticked. She said his teenage brother would watch him. I said I didn't think he was paying any attention. The kid was sitting in a chair with a magazine draped over his face. He was a sweet little boy, but I found this frustrating. I would have just gone in but I didn't want to leave a three year old boy to his devices. He decided he was going to swim out to his mom and I had to stop him.

We also met some people from Indiana. They love Panama City and come down a couple of times a year. They were tan and burned. Ouch. On Friday one of them asked me if we just got there because we weren't tan I had to tell him we just don't tan very well. I will say none of us got a sunburn either. Mommy was diligent with the sunscreen. We found a shallow sand bar that my daughter adored playing on. She got mad at me when I made her come in.

We also visited the Gulf World Aquarium along with the zoo. The pic is of a guy riding a dolphin's nose. It pushing him up out of the water. I posted a beach scene on my photo blog up through the trees.