Sweet Home Alabama and Florida part 1

Hello friends!

We are safely back in Texas. Boy, does it feel great to sleep in your own bed! We were in Alabama for the last week to see our family and celebrate Anderson's birthday.

There are many wonderful things about going home to Alabama. 1. Everybody has the same accent as I do and that is really comforting. People ask me all the time, "where are you from"? ;) 2. Alabama feels like an old glove, it's so comfortable and relaxing.This is what A did most of the time we were here. Sorry, Mom for the picture of you with no make up and a roll brush in your hair(hehe). But, Mom looks great! She too is on Weight Watchers and has lost around 20 pounds.
Have I talked about Bob before? He is my stepfather and I absolutely love him(most of the time;) He was my high school history teacher. I wrote on my final exam that I thought he should meet my mom, I think I said "she's your soul mate" haha!! He called and they have been married for 15 years.He built Anderson a corral out of azalea wood. It really is the coolest thing ever. Bob is an artist and he's really good. I love his paintings because he has a very abstract eye and I really like the way things look when he paints them. He's working on this for mom.On Monday morning, we headed down to Panama City Beach. My grandparents have had a beach house there for 30+ years. Of course, Anderson woke up at the crack of dawn, so we trekked down to get some doughnuts. It was so early, it was still foggy and runners were out. I should have run down to Thomas' instead of walking, because doughnuts and Weight Watchers don't go hand in hand. But,the walk down was really nice and peaceful for A and me.This was our view of our street as we walked. I have loved this house ever since I was a child. It faces the beach and there will never be anything on the beach side, because Laguna Beach has a no building on the beach rule. The house went up for sale a few years ago and it was $450,000 a little out of our price range!
This is our beach house. It feels like home to me.We spent some time at Pier Park and Miracle Strip has put a few rides out there. We rode on a few of them. Can you believe I got Anderson on the Tilt-a-whirl?? He loved it!! We laughed hysterically the whole ride!!!

This is an old concrete duck that I used to feed as a toddler. In fact, I have a picture somewhere, I should put it up.

We walked down to the beach about 7 p.m. and got some great pictures. I just LOVE the beach and am so glad that Adam and Anderson do too!