Presley Family: June 2009

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Swimming, Swimming, Swimming!!!

Sorry for the poor cell phone clarity. I need help on how to save and post video's from the camera. Anyway, Sailor is loving to swim so much this summer. She started jumping off the diving board several weeks ago and has now graduated to jumping without being caught. I am so impressed with how well she is swimming but it is a little scary at the same time. She is fearless and you cannot take your eyes off of her for even a second. I will definitely be posting more videos of swimming and fishing as soon as I figure it out. Any suggestions are welcome!

Sailor loves to fish!!

Ready to catch a big one!

Sailor loves to rub noses, so she decided the fish needed a nose rub!

She also loves to play with all the bait!

It seems I am always catching up. Joe, Sailor and I have been taking either late evening or early morning boat rides so I can miss all the huge waves and ride in the boat comfortably. Joe is so happy that Sailor loves to fish. She told Buddy to move over, daddy has a new partner. She has caught at least 6 fish every trip.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Panama City Beach, 2009!!

It is official, our favorite vacation spot is having to change. GrannyFran and Granddaddy finally sold their house in Florida. This year we decided to go a little closer and drive to PCB instead of flying on south. I had not been to Panama City since my Sophomore year in college. Let me just say it has changed, a lot. The little dump I stayed in way back then does not even exist. In it's place are several new high rises. I highly recommend Pier Park, a new shopping and amusement area, to anyone who hasn't been there in a few years. We decided we needed to vacation on a budget this year since this is the first time in a very long time we have had to pay for accommodations. Years ago we rented from a private owner at The Summit, a condo on the beach. Mom and dad called him up and he had the week we wanted available. Aside from the whole condo being flooded the week before we arrived, damp carpet and commercial grade floor fans, we really did have a great time. How is that for luck, a huge high rise with, I would not even begin to count the amount of units, and ours was the only one that flooded right before we arrived. We decided to stick it out and deal with the loud fans since the maintenance man said the carpet should be dry in a few days. It did dry up nicely, however, we started seeing wet spots begin to come back up in front of the hot water heater closet. So long story short maintenance thought they repaired the problem only to find out it was the hot water heater all along. All was well once that was changed out and the owner was kind enough to let us stay a few extra days and offered us a vacation on him in the fall. I'm not sure if we will make that trip with a new born but we will wait and see. Anyway, we had pretty good weather with only one day of rain! Sailor was so good and I must say I was impressed with my nephews who tagged along and were very well behaved, most of the time. Heather and Bruce spent that week in Vegas for their anniversary!! Sailor is learning to swim with just her floaties and is just amazing us. She still loves the sand and ocean and can't wait to go back!