Day #1 in Panama

 

 We spent the day relaxing by the pool and reading books.  The weather was perfect.  The swimming pools were just the ride temperature to cool off after laying in the sun.  We did walk down to the ocean but it is not a very nice beach.  The view is great but the sand was kind of muddy.  We then had a nice dinner and walked around the hotel grounds.  It was so nice to just take it easy and not worry about anyone else!

New Years Day

 We woke up to this weather this morning and drove to the airport for our flight to Panama City.  We had a lay over in Atlanta...

...and landed to this weather!  It is going to be a fun couple of days.

New Years Eve

Tonight was pretty uneventful but fun.  I was in bed all day yesterday with the flu and Brandon and I fly out in the morning to Panama.  I was able to get myself packed today and get a few groceries but by tonight I was tired.  My Mom drove up to be here with the girls tomorrow until Diana and Emily fly in.  Diana will stay the week with the girls.  We played several Wii games and then toasted the new years with martinelli's and poppers.  The girls were in bed a little after 9.

Lego Sunday

Brandon loves to get the girls legos and help them put them together.  They got two sets for Christmas and they have had fun putting them together.  One of them, dolphin cruiser, took several sittings to put together.

New Car

We said goodbye to our Subaru today and hello to a new Nissan Pathfinder.  The Subaru had 243,000 miles and needed several thousand dollars worth of work so we decided it was time.  We were hoping that it would last a bit longer but I wasn't complaining.  We were at the dealer nearly 4 hours, Tabitha watched 2 movies in the kids room, she would not have lasted without the movies.  The girls are excited about the space and the extra row.  We are having a DVD player installed in a few weeks.  We went to dinner afterwards at the spaghetti factory where the girls ordered a cotton candy lemonade, Tabitha had ordered this drink in Seattle and loved it!  It was a nice comfortable drive home.

Christmas Snow

After opening our presents and eating a yummy breakfast we bundled up and headed outside to play in the snow.  The girls had so much fun, it was the perfect day to just keep snowing, we are sure grateful for a white Christmas.  Brandon cleared the sidewalks and driveway.  Winston joined us for a bit but he does not like the snow or being that cold.

Christmas morning

The girls were so excited they could hardly sleep last night and woke up several times in the night and then super early this mroning.  We made them wait until 7:30 to come out.  We were so excited to wake up to snow!  We have not had any big storms yet so this one was planned just perfectly.  Tabitha wanted a American girl doll camper and a wind up chick from Santa, among other things but this is what he brought.  Gabrielle wanted a gymnastics mat.  They were both so excited and were taken care of with so many other gifts from family.