Christmas Parade (12/6/08)

Panama City's Christmas parade is HUGE. For my Indiana friends, it's like the 4th of July parade in LP. Only at night. In December. Last year it was in the 60s and fabulous. This year it was COLD! Only I didn't think about how cold it would be to sit outside for 3 hours, so I put the kids in light jackets and we headed out the door. Thank goodness we hadn't cleaned the van out in...ages...and I had some extra jackets in there!

Sadey wasn't completely thrilled with the lights and sounds of the Christmas parade. She wasn't happy, but at least she wasn't crying. Anymore.

Maybe next year she'll start to like these things.

Here's the Dairy Queen float.

In case you didn't know, DQ is kind of a new thing around here. When we first moved in, the nearest DQ was a 45 minute drive. I didn't think that was even legal! A month or so ago, a second store opened and it's only about a 30 minute drive. It's getting closer!

Here are some more floats.

The parade had the usual floats, high school bands and local celebrities and ended with the obligatory appearance of Mr. Claus.

Christmas Card Pics (11/22/08)

We love taking our Christmas picture at the beach. I promise you, we don't do it to rub salt in the wounds of all our northern family and friends. We just LOVE the beach so much that we have to take them there. We have to!

We aren't real photographers so a lot of the shots have "problems" and end up on the cutting room floor. But here are a few of the "throw aways" that I wanted to share.