Panama City

Several weeks ago, my sister, Latisha, moved from Lakeland to Panama City, FL. Since my parents were headed down to help them fix up a few things and Panama City is only 2 hours away from Tallahassee, I decided to take the kids over to check out Latisha's new place and to see Grandma and Grandpa Leckie. While we were there for the day, we also made a trip to the beach. Jeffrey and Caitlyn love the beach, and while Andrew isn't a huge fan, he puts up with it for the most part. Luckily for my mom, Tish and myself, my dad was there to entertain the kids - it was a nice day.

Andrew didn't really enjoy his trip out into the ocean with Grandpa.

He sat with Aunt Latisha for awhile...

Then crashed on mom.

Jeffrey & Caitlyn, on the other hand, loved every minute of the trip.

Caitlyn getting buried in the sand.

Dustin, Jeffrey, Grandpa Leckie & Caitlyn playing in the sand.

Jeffrey & Caitlyn.

Sandy Caitlyn.

We were worried about what Caitlyn might have sagging in her swimsuit, and were happy to learn that it was only sand.

Grandpa Leckie took Jeffrey out in the waves. We have tried to take Jeffrey out many times, and he never seems to enjoy it too much, but this time he actually enjoyed himself. He was still happy to come back to the sand, but had fun. Caitlyn couldn't get enough of the waves. My dad has always been up for action, and hasn't always been able to get Jeffrey to join in the fun. Caitlyn, however, is always up for anything. I think my dad was pleasantly surprised to see how much fun Caitlyn had. Anytime they would practically get knocked over by a wave, dad was worried she would finally decide it wasn't fun. Instead she would say, "Wow, that was a big one!" They had a blast!

Tish took a short video of the gang at the beach...