Way too many pictures from Thanksgiving!
I am beginning to think I need to modernize my method of publishing photos. troutlily.net is just labor-intensive! I know My Public loves it so perhaps I will persevere!
In 2008, we rented a 4-Br condo on the beach in Panama City. Kathi & Lara & Ella & Marianne & Aunt Eileen & Mom & Dad journeyed thence and hung out for a week (although Aunt Eileen could only stay for a couple days). We could play on the beach; swim in the indoor sometimes-heated pool; splash in the outdoor heated hot tub; check out Gulf World with dolphins and nearby playgrounds; and of course enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner chez Fitzhughs. Ella is 2 1/2 and Lara is 4 1/2 and the ages of the rest of us is left as an exercise for the reader.
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The horizontal Lara
Extraordinarily cute!
Grandma gets her exercise
On our first outing to the beach (the condo was right on the beach) - Ella is delighted with it all
Mom in Shades
Tossing sand in the air
Laughing away
A pose, but such a sweet pose
Trying on Grandma's slippers
Grandma reading to Ella: "I'm a big sister"
Lara has her own book
Watching carefully
Satisfaction
Alerted
Streeeettttch
Lara meets friends on the beach
They slowly get used to the chilly water, thrilled by the waves coming in
After each wave hits, they have to run back up the shore
After a while, they nonchalently stand in the waves, letting them creep further and further up their legs, until they are (as you might expect) soaked
It was windy and chilly, it should be noted!
Contemplative Lara - I love this aspect
and laughing Lara
Running from the ocean
At some point we shed the soaking wet pants since (ahem) the equivalent of swim suits were still on the girls
As art shots go, rather dull
So many books to read, so few hands to hold them!
Ella adores her Aunt Linda
Grandma's girl
Gymnastics
Upside down Ella
Serious business of sorting sea shells (roughly several hundred were collected on every trip to the beach)
The girls were standing on the tall chairs in order to sort the seashells; totally cute
"Kiss Me Kate" is surprisingly a big favorite
Hmm, Aunt Linda's salad is better than my salad
The mini DVD player and the separate bedrooms to retire to were both wonderful things
Our photographer looking rather seedy, with Ella
Ready to hit the pool! It's finally heated up enough!
Ah, legitimate Art Shot (tm)
Eating pie to get up energy for Skip-Bo with Aunt Eileen
Conked out
Marianne Mueller, mrm@sonic.net
Last modified: Sun Dec 14 21:12:47 PST 2008
The horizontal Lara
Extraordinarily cute!
Grandma gets her exercise
On our first outing to the beach (the condo was right on the beach) - Ella is delighted with it all
Mom in Shades
Tossing sand in the air
Laughing away
A pose, but such a sweet pose
Trying on Grandma's slippers
Grandma reading to Ella: "I'm a big sister"
Lara has her own book
Watching carefully
Satisfaction
Alerted
Streeeettttch
Lara meets friends on the beach
They slowly get used to the chilly water, thrilled by the waves coming in
After each wave hits, they have to run back up the shore
After a while, they nonchalently stand in the waves, letting them creep further and further up their legs, until they are (as you might expect) soaked
It was windy and chilly, it should be noted!
Contemplative Lara - I love this aspect
and laughing Lara
Running from the ocean
At some point we shed the soaking wet pants since (ahem) the equivalent of swim suits were still on the girls
As art shots go, rather dull
So many books to read, so few hands to hold them!
Ella adores her Aunt Linda
Grandma's girl
Gymnastics
Upside down Ella
Serious business of sorting sea shells (roughly several hundred were collected on every trip to the beach)
The girls were standing on the tall chairs in order to sort the seashells; totally cute
"Kiss Me Kate" is surprisingly a big favorite
Hmm, Aunt Linda's salad is better than my salad
The mini DVD player and the separate bedrooms to retire to were both wonderful things
Our photographer looking rather seedy, with Ella
Ready to hit the pool! It's finally heated up enough!
Ah, legitimate Art Shot (tm)
Eating pie to get up energy for Skip-Bo with Aunt Eileen
Conked out