Hessenbruch Family Vacation

Time for our annual family trip with Daddy to Panama City Beach...plus the whole Hessenbruch family. My grandparents (whom I call Joan and Bob), aunts Lynn and Jacque with their husbands Lee and Tom, cousins Michael and Chris (plus Chris' friend Leanne), and then of course Brittney, Brandy, Daddy, Pam, Heidi, Justin, River, Coy, Kell, Me, Eden, and Hank....wow. What a group.
Our days consisted of gathering under four umbrellas and a huge tent (thanks to Uncle Tom) lounging in chairs, playing in the sand and ocean, playing Bocce ball, drinking (of course with this family), eating (of course, again, with this family), some reading of novels by us girls, and just catching up with family we don't see on a daily or even monthly basis. It was a very relaxing trip with clear skies and beautiful waters. I can't wait till next year...Dad.

So here are all my pictures. I took over 600 so it was very hard to chose which ones made the cut. Enjoy...we sure did;)

Part of our 20-group clan! What fun.

Fun at on the beach.















Sand-crab hunting night at the beach.





Pool-time.






Out to dinner with the whole gang (all 20 of us) to the Captain's Table. This is my dad's favorite place to eat in all of PCB. Very good and well-worth the wait:)





Waiting for our turn on the Banana Boat.




The Banana Boat. Heidi, River, Eden, Hank and I. We all loved it...except for Hank. He didn't like the water in his eyes. And He and Riv didn't like all the 'jumping of waves' Heidi, Eden and I did!!



Playtime.






Fun times in the ocean on our last day. Making good use of our time.





Me and Brandy and her infected foot from a rusty beer can in the sand that she stepped on the first day. Good thing we have two nurses as aunts to diagnose this one.

Kell and I. Our only chance to be alone (the kids were napping in the room) and thanks to Sis Brandy-we were able to capture the moment.




Our last night out at Schooners...just the adults for once.:)

Covenant Graduate

I finally received my diploma from Covenant this week. I was so proud to open it and to see my name printed as a graduate. This has been such a long-time coming and I am even more proud to have received this from Covenant College. What a great school.
I am still looking to the future and trying to decide what is next for me. I am currently looking in to two Master's programs: Lee University campus program and Western Governors Internet program. Keep me in your prayers as I look for guidance on this big decision. :)

Natural

Softball Days

Saturday morning game. Eden's season is winding down. All that is left is several make-up games (while we will be at the beach) and then the end-of-the-year tournament. Eden has really improved on her batting and can actually hit the ball really good. Now if we can just keep her out of the dirt in the outfield. :)

Eating birthday-snack-cookies for a post-game treat!
At CiCi's pizza.
Tuesday night after a HUGE win against Valley Point. Our team has compressed to only 6 players as some go off on vacation, quit, injured, etc...to beat this beaten-only-once team is awesome! Go PGE Knockouts!

Congrats girls on a wonderful season of learning, growing, and developing into some little ballers. Only one more year of 7/8 and then off the Fast Pitch (I really can't believe they start this early).

The Twilight Saga: New Moon 'Trailer'

It's out. Here it is...the new movie opening in November. I am so excited. So excited that I am about to re-read all 4 books. Love it!

The Twilight Saga: New Moon 'Trailer'