A trip to paradise!

Well, it's officially summer now and

we just returned from the most WONDERFUL vacation!

It had been over six years since we last went on a vacation and

when my husband's sister invited us to go to Florida with them,

we jumped at the chance!!! It ended up being my husband's parents,

his sister, his brother and their spouses plus the two of us.

We all have so much fun together and truly enjoy each other's company.

I took a few photos to share with you ~

The name of the resort is Sanctuary by The Sea.

We stayed in a three bedroom luxury condominium

with a giant balcony overlooking the gulf.

The location is Santa Rosa Beach, Florida....

The entrance ~

A peek at the pools from our balcony ~

Another giant pool with a waterfall and hot tub ~

Our view out onto the balcony ~ The resort is surrounded by a nature habitat

and you can watch birds and animals while relaxing outside!

The beautiful living room ~

And here are a few photos of the beach!!!

Sunset through the trees ~

We had the most wonderful, relaxing time ~

I wanted to share a glimpse of this beautiful place.

Now to get back to creating!!!

I hope you are doing so very good and

thank you always, always for stopping by to visit me here!

hugs and love,

Dawn

It's good to be home :)

It was a short vacation but so much fun!! No cooking, no laundry just a relaxing time.....but I'm always glad to be home. Look at our little co-pilot on the way home Saturday afternoon ~

Ellie had a great time too!

Sweet Noah ~

Ultra cool Chase ~

Panama City has this really amazing shopping complex now called Pier Park ~ kind of like an outdoor mall ~ it was fun to walk around here after dinner one evening.

I won't bore you with any more family vacation photos but it sure is good to be home!!!

Cathe from Just Something I Made has posted some BEAUTIFUL images on her blog that you can use ~ just click HERE to see!!!

Wishing you a wonderful, relaxing Sunday sweet friends ~
xxoo, Dawn

Wish you were here....

Hi sweet friends! I have limited internet connection here...so I've not been able to visit you or blog!!

We're having a wonderful time, just miss the rest of the boys, Emily and Clara.....The beach is beautiful and the water is too! Of course, tonight I had to squeeze in a trip to Hobby Lobby in Panama City and bought a few goodies, one being Creative Paperclay so I'm going to do a little playing tonight with that ~ I'm a creative freak and can't stand to not be able to do SOMETHING.....miss you all!!!

Have a wonderful Friday dear friends,

xxoo, Dawn

We're baaaaack!!

We returned from our vacation last night and I'm so glad to be HOME! We did have a wonderful time though. It was a little overcast when we arrived last weekend but as the week passed by the days became sunnier and much hotter.

Panama City Beach has changed a lot in the last four years. So many high-rise condos and big fancy buildings right on the beach. I've enclosed a few photos for you to see ~ I didn't take as many as I should have but I did have such a nice time with Dennis and the boys (one of their friends came, too!)

Thank you all so very much for your wishes for a good time! What sweet friends you all are . . .

This is my 100th post ~ it's time for a give-away

Stay tuned, it's a coming!!!!

Can you believe these skies as we entered Panama City??

My sweet Noah being a ham ~

Chase (in front - ours) and Brandon (on his back) ~ and Noah looking kinda mad!

We took our two Devon Rex kitty cats, Chester (white) and Thelma (grey) with us and they had fun after they adjusted to the new surroundings ~ then they both returned to their normal activities, sleeping, eating and having a lot of fun together!

A face only a mother could love ~ my only little girl, Thelma . . .

And what did I do with the paperclay? A sweet little frog for a friend of mine, a baby and a bear . . . the little guys will sit on a decorated box and soon be in my Etsy!

Oh! and look what I found at the Panama City Hobby Lobby! You may have already seen this adorable alphabet clay flexible mold but I just had to have it. I smushed a bunch of paper clay into the mold and will use these little tiles in collages! LOVE IT!