Lamb Family Reunion

We had a great time at the beach and the kids did what kids do at the beach:

They swam in the ocean!
They played in the sand!
We took pictures of it!

Then they cried cause sand got in their eyes!
And the ocean is salty and it stings!
And the wind blows!
And the sun shines!
And I'm breathing!
And you're breathing!

Then they wanted to do it all over again after lunch.

Isn't a beach vacation fun?

We should all live at the beach.

Pirate's Cruise

While in Panama City, we took the kids on a MAJOR excursion: a PIRATE SHIP on the ocean.

Of course, the only cruise we could schedule was right in the middle of our typical nap time; 3pm, so we were in for some tired kids. But it was totally worth pushing through.

I just want to tell you before I get started that this 2 hour cruise was amazing AND I could totally see Matt retiring someday and running a company like this for the rest of our lives.

My nephew looking like we all felt after the ship was rocking and rolling in the ocean.
We recovered, but the water's were a little rough that day!

We boarded the pirate ship and they took us out of the harbor, where they shot off a real life cannon scaring the crap out of my kids. All four kids (my niece and nephew) were crying and we thought for sure that this could be the longest two hours of our lives.

After they had a water fight with another tourist cruise (that was really cool but the kids were crying too hard to notice), they painted the kids faces. While the girls were being painted, the boys got to "swab the deck." I am going to incorporate "swabbing the deck" into our house as soon as possible.



Then they moved onto to an all boat sword fight! Asher got really into this one and then he was off and RUNNING!

After the sword fight, the kids got to shoot a cannon into a basket which was fun and really just killed a lot of time. We also got to see some dolphins around this time out in the ocean which made the trip for the adults.


Asher had the best time. He was very into EVERYTHING. They took us downstairs into the dungeon and told about the buried treasure in the sea and how we had to look for an orange buoy with a large "x" on it and if we saw it we had to yell, "Thar she blows Cap'n!!!" Then they threw a large grappling hook like from Deadliest Catch into the water, all the kids got to grab the line and pull the treasure up from the bottom of the sea.

Then they took a look into the treasure chest and did a little program about it that was really silly and got the kids giggling, but then the kids got to come forward and select the treasure; the littlest kids first.



After this, they had a huge dance party (ala YL dance through the ages) which of course all the kids loved (but my kids went crazy for), handed out tambourines, and danced all over the ship. After this they put pirate tatoos on all the kids, gave out pirate treasure necklaces and we were back in the harbor.


It was a packed-out two hours and they did a FANTASTIC job. No doubt this will become our family tradition every time we go to Panama City. And, I think that Matt will have to look into this a future business endeavour. No kidding.


If you ever wanna check it out, click here: Pirate Cruise

Panama City-Wooh!

Lucy decided to get our Spring Break trip to Panama City off on the right foot by promptly stripping down to the buff and getting into the freezing cold water. This was seriously after a 9-hour drive to the beach. The kids did great and we had an amazing week. Click on any of the pictures to see them in bigger form.

Her puritantical parents decided underwear might save us from getting reported or arrested on the spot. She didn't seem to mind the cover-up action.

Later on in the week, she had other opinions about something else. One of her many talents.

I know that many people think that Lucy looks just like Matt and Asher. But I have a picture of me as a child that I look EXACTLY like this. It is odd how much I can see myself in her everyday. And frightening.

Spring Break '09! Baby Pool Pitcher! Woohoo!

Everyone say it together...awwwwwww.

FYI: This is what you look like when you get the flu at the beach. And you are three and a half.
Seriously, you have to click on this picture to get the detail that is there in his eyes. It is awesome.

So we are back and Asher has the flu. Apparently, he had the flu pretty much the whole time we were there. Which made things "special" while we were there.
But you can tell from the pictures, we still had a pretty good time!
Glad to be home. But I am READY to see 75 degree days in MY full-time forecast.

Spring Break Oh-Ate

Last Thursday, me and six of my girlfriends took off for a bliss-filled four days in Panama City Beach, Florida. Well, not really four days. Since it takes about 10 hours to get there (seriously) it counts as three nights, two days on the beach, two days in the car. But three morning to sleep without someone appearing two inches from my face at 6:30 in the morning saying, "hey mommy. I'm awake. I have poo-poo."
So, it was COMPLETELY worth it. I actually pulled a muscle in my side from laugh so hard. I don't think that has happened to me since college.

Just a note to you, if we are in the planning stages of a trip like this again, you will want to shower me with presents, love and affection to try to join us. This is pretty much the funniest group of women I have ever had the pleasure of being around.


One of the best parts of the trip was that everyone was married. It is not a slam to you if you are single. It was the first time that I have ever been on a trip where everyone was married. I just want to let you know, it is very different from a "mixed experience" type of trip. You know that whole phrase, "one flesh, not ashamed"? Well...it applied to every aspect of this trip. We all owe Robin Plemmons a debt of gratitude for breaking our conservative little private lives wide open! No matter how buttoned up and conservative you think you are, she has a way of making you think that driving down the strip and flashing your boobs for beads would make your husband proud.

We absolutely did nothing of the sort. But we did flash each other.


The beach was beautiful. The weather was great. We played speed scrabble and dominoes all day and all night. I wouldn't trade those four days for anything.

In case you don't love my summary of the weekend, you can visit Robin's blog and you can see that I am not the only one who had a good time.

Now that I am back, I am having quite a bit of trouble getting into the swing of life. I feel like I did in college, when you are a week away from finals, but all you can think about is what you are going to do once finals are over and you have the whole summer stretching out in front of you.

Except, I don't have finals and well, summer and vacation are not exactly reality anymore. But our summer at Windy Gap is quickly approaching. Yesterday marked the one month countdown until we arrive. I can hardly wait!

The number you are trying to reach...

We have left for the beach today! We will be in Panama City for the next seven days-hooray! I will try to update and post pictures, but maybe not!