{Florida family vacation // day 7 // Pontoon rental }

 On our last full day in Florida, we rented a pontoon boat. We did this once in Destin and we had a complete blast! We wanted to get out on the water a bit and check out some areas you couldn't reach otherwise. 

{Florida family vacation // day 6 // Wonderworks, Sharky's and Sea Screamer Boat Ride }

 On Wednesday, we took Mason to an indoor activity center called Wonderworks. There were all kinds of hands-on exhibits, a ropes course, and even a few rides. It was a fun place to spend the morning! 

{Florida family vacation // day 5 // Shopping at Pier Park & Walking around St Andrew's State Park }

 On Tuesday, we decided to go check out Pier Park. This is an area that offers all kinds of shopping, restaurants, and of course, a pier. The entire family went, but we kind of split up based on what everyone wanted to do. 

{Florida family vacation // day 4 // Beach Day}

 On this day, we spent the majority of it in the ocean and at the beach.  All 27 of us loaded up and went down for the day. Well, some very awesome men in our family woke up at sunrise and went down to stake out a spot for us. Bless them! 

{Florida family vacation // day 3 // Hanging out at the condo and waiting on the rest of the family}

 Our next day in Panama City Beach, FL was another pool day! We decided to just hang out around the condo and wait on the other 22 family members to arrive! 

{Florida family vacation // day 2 // Getting to our condo in Panama City Beach, FL}

After sleeping over in Hattiesburg, we got up the next morning and made the next leg of our drive! We were Panama City Beach bound!! The drive was smooth and we got there right after our check-in time. 

{Panama City Beach FL Bucketlist Update}

{Summer Vacation // Panama Day 4}

On Day 4 in Panama Nathan and his dad woke up super early for a deep sea fishing trip. The rest of us slept in for a bit and then headed back over to Santa Rosa Beach again. We wanted to show Nana the area and eat at the Hub. We got there only to find out that most of the things there didn't open until 4pm. womp.womp. We did find a little place to eat and visited a few shops.

Then we headed back to the rv resort to meet up with the boys for some beaching at St Andrews State Park. We loved the area from visiting the day before. I didn't take many pictures at all on this day. We spent the majority of it in the water. We beached for several hours and then went back to clean-up for dinner. I don't even remember the name of the place we ate at because it wasn't that great. We waited over an hour for our food and people that came in after us got their food before us.  And then the food was nothing spectacular. But the views? Those were amazing!

And that's a wrap on our 2016 summer vacation. If you missed any of the posts I've added links below for each.

New Orleans Day One

New Orleans Day Two

New Orleans Day Three

Panama City Beach Days One and Two

Panama City Beach Day Three

Did you vacation this summer? Where did you go?

{Summer Vacation // Panama City Beach // Day 3}

Day three started out just like day 2 with a morning trip to the beach. We spent hours upon hours swimming and searching for sea shells. Then we left with plenty of time to get ready for our 3:00pm Sea Dragon Pirate Cruise. The pirate cruise ended up being one of the highlights of our trip! We had so much fun. If you're ever in the Panama City Beach area and looking for something to do with the kids, I highly recommend this. The tickets are $25 for adults and $21 for kids, but it is so worth it. Once you're on the ship everything else is so ridiculously cheap! Mason made out like a bandit with all kinds of pirate gear. Also, their pitch is that they entertain the kids for a couple hours while parents can sit back and relax. And that was so true! They kept them busy the entire time. We relaxed, watched and took pictures and videos.

{Summer Vacation // Panama City Beach // Days 1 and 2}

Whoa! We have been so busy going and doing that I almost forgot to post about the 2nd half of our summer vacation to Panama City Beach, FL. We arrived around 1pm to our resort and got settled. Everyone was starving so we decided to eat at Patches Pub right across from our resort! We hopped the little wall, crossed the street and we were there! The food was delicious, but I didn't take any pictures! I guess we were too hangry after that 6.5 hour drive. After lunch we walked over to check out the beach {which was only 2 blocks away}. It was gorgeous!!!!

Next we sought out to find the Sea Dragon Pirate Cruise and hopefully get tickets. Unfortunately, it was sold out for that evening. We did get to see the ship come in, though!

Nate grabbed some info on fishing charters and then we drove around checking out the area! We found a lot of fun restaurants and such to try at a later time. When we got back to the resort Ty and Michelle went to the pool while Nate, Mason and I went to the beach. There was hardly anyone there and we got to catch a beautiful sunset over the ocean.

On Day 2 the whole family headed to the beach for several hours. I didn't take my big camera because I knew I'd be in the water a lot. We took the GoPro, but I haven't had the time to edit all of those videos just yet. So, only a few beach pictures for this day.

After beachin' it for several hours we got ready for lunch at Pineapple Willy's. It was recommended to us by so many people and it did not disappoint. The food was delicious and the views over the beach were spectacular.

After lunch we went by the Pirate Cruise to only find out that it was sold out once again! We went ahead and bought tickets for the next day so that we didn't miss out. After purchasing our tickets Mason went back to swim at the resort with Nana and Papa. Michelle, Ty, Nathan and I drove to Santa Rosa Beach to check out Luke Bryan's new cigar shop called Shore Thing Cigars. Unfortunately, Luke was not there. We did meet his business partner, though. He was so friendly. We hung out for a while, purchased some cigars and then walked over to check out the Hub. The Hub is this really neat area with a few little bars, food trucks, restaurants and shops. It was happy hour so we grabbed a drink and hung out for a while. We had so much fun there!
  

On our way back we took the front top off of the Jeep and drove through Rosemary Beach! I fell completely in love with Rosemary. It's the cutest little town where people ride bikes everywhere. All of the buildings and houses are a crisp white. Oh man, it was beautiful. I will be going back there one day!

We headed back to the resort and went to check on Mason at the pool. Of course he and his Papa had made some new friends. He was having a blast. As the sun started to set it got more and more vibrant by the minute. We practically ran to the beach to watch the sunset over the water. It was so brilliant and breathtaking. God is so, so good!

        I think I could get used to this...