We just got back from our home away from home... Panama City Beach! We went down with my mother and father-in-law and sister and brother-in-law and their daughter Kaylen. What a great week! The Nicholson's have a condo there. We've been going there for so many years that it's become like a second home to us. Since so many of us went down at once, we needed two condos. Keith's parents rented the second condo for the week. I felt bad bumping them out of their own condo, but they would have it no other way... they are generous beyond measure.
We just missed the oil. In fact, the day we were leaving, the oil was beginning to hit the beaches there. We relaxed all week. In the mornings we'd go out to the pool. Then before noon, we'd go in and have lunch, play cards, read, build forts... anything to get out of the sun during the hottest part of the day. Then we'd make a grocery run for all the ingredients for Kaylen to cook for us. That doesn't even sound right... maybe I should say, 'to create a masterpiece for us'. My niece is on her way to becoming a top chef. She will be going off to a culinary college in the fall. When that girl gets in the kitchen she creates magic. Zip-Zap-Voila, and our dinner was served! One week of that and my family is spoiled... they'll never appreciate my cooking again. After dinner we'd go for a walk on the beach or an evening swim and then put the kids to bed and watch a movie (or Kaylen's favorite show "Man vs. Food").
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