So I know Mother's Day was last month, but I am finally getting around to posting the pictures. It was one of my favorite mother's day ever. We headed down to Panama City, Florida to go to the beach for the weekend. It was going to be just for the day on Saturday, but while we were there we didn't want to leave and decided to stay the night and play again on Sunday. I am glad we did because it was a lot of fun. On Saturday we just hung out at the beach all day until around 6pm. We then went out to dinner at Pier Park which is a huge outdoor shopping and eating joint. We then walked around, ate ice cream, and "people watched". I love to "people watch"! We then went to our hotel that was at an Air Force Base and crashed (We can get rooms for way cheap on any base around the world!). Sunday morning, Ryan and Kobe got up to go see if there was somewhere to get me breakfast for Mother's Day. When they came back Ryan had a handful of papers and a look on his face that said, "Are you ready for this"! While they were heading out to the car Ryan saw a marina down the road so they went down to check it out. It was the outdoor recreation center on base. They had boats, pontoons, kayaks, canoes, and jet ski's to rent. Ryan asked if we could rent a boat for the day. We could if Ryan had a boating license for Florida. Ryan did not have a license for Florida, but now he does! He came back to our room with the Florida boating license test. Two hours later he had a boating license. We wanted to rent a speed boat, but by the time we got out there they were all gone. So we decided to rent a 10 man pontoon! They handed us the keys, gave us the rundown on running the pontoon, and said have fun! So we loaded all of us and our stuff on to the boat and we were off to explore the ocean on our 10 man pontoon!
Oakley ready to go swim in the ocean
Kobe trying to catch some waves
Ryan and Oakley swimming
Kobe was quite excited to be at the beach
The water was a little chilly
This is where we road our boat out to. It was beautiful! The water was crystal clear and warm. We anchored our boat and stayed for a few hours and swam around. If anyone visits this same place anytime soon and you see something in the water that looks like a Babe Ruth, well it's not! Ask Oakley what we mean! When nature calls, nature calls!
Captain Oakley
Mya's first boat ride at 3 weeks old! I think she liked it. She slept almost the whole time!
On our way back to the dock the waves were getting pretty big. It's not that easy to maneuver a 10 man pontoon through some good size waves. We ended up with waves coming into our boat three different times! It was crazy and a little scary. The first time it happened Oakley would of gone overboard if I wasn't holding onto her life jacket, Kobe was laughing hysterically, Mya was sound asleep in her car seat (luckily with it covered), I was panicking, and Ryan had a big grin on his face! Everything in our boat got completely drenched including ourselves. Thanks to these waves, my camera is no longer working, my cell phone won't charge, and Ryan's IPOD is fried! If you look at the floor of the boat in the picture, you will see some of the water that is still in the boat.
Oakley waking up from her nap
Thanks Ry, Kobe, Oakley, and Mya for an awesome Mother's Day!
