Catchin' up with The Griffins!

As most of you know, David and I spent 5 days at sea with some of our nearest and dearest friends - The Muller-Stones, The Kings, The Wages, and The Campbells. We boarded the Carnival Fascination on a bright Saturday morning, and had a ball for the next 5 days lounging by the pool, eating 3 course dinners, riding the water slide and enjoying the two excursions in the Bahamas. The highlight of the trip was swimming with the dolphins at the Atlantis resort...it was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience to play with them, have them push us on a boogie board, swim alongside them, and talk to them. Wish we had pictures of that, but no cameras allowed with Flipper!           One of the most fun parts of our days on the ship were having our pictures taken on the boat and seeing just how cheesy they can get...the above four pictures are the ones that David and I came home with. If anyone wants a copy of us in all white in an 8x10, please send me an email. HAHAHAHAHAHA!                  More recently, we headed to Panama City for the long Labor Day weekend. We were tickled for the Hills and the Campbells to join us for the 3rd year in a row. Sadly, the Wages couldn't come since Brian was under the weather - we missed them! This weekend was spend relaxing on the white sand and enjoying the amazing weather we all were having in the south. As I sit here at my house in Gainesville, its the most pleasant afternoon with fall in the air.                                                                                                                   

Our first day on the beach, Hollie and I were enjoying our delicious salads from Oceans and discarding of our carb-loaded croutons in the sand. Well, the seagulls can definitely eat carbs, and were helping themselves much to our horror!

In an attempt to catch the boys off-guard after our amazing dinner at Firefly, we had a surprise for them at the top of the stairs. We were waiting quietly on the next flight when....

....they blocked us! They dropped us off at the door, zipped to the store across the street, & bought more ices!         Sneaky boys!

To be fair, they said we'd have a group "icing". Thanks guys.

I couldn't resist this picture....on Saturday morning, I walked into the kitchen and found David and Wesley cooking breakfast....

And Hollie and Nick doing a workout video before we went on our morning walk. I'm pretty sure this all means we've crossed the threshold into adulthood.

Beautiful day on the beach!

Since Saturday was dominated by college football (GO DAWGS!), us gals decided to ditch the boys and head to check out the sights along 30-A....first Rosemary Beach, then the fabulous Alys Beach.

There was a gorgeous wedding taking place. To all you single gals, keep this incredible locale in mind!

The Zen garden made me want to meditate. Immediately.

After our girly adventures, we had a little shopping time and a beer at Pier Park. At the local watering hole - Tootsies - they have half of a bathtub devoted to Smirnoff Ice.

Waiting for our table at Bonefish Grill - tough guys!

We were so excited that Jenna came over to join us for some fun!

Happy Hills

No holiday weekend would be complete without a good ol' beach wedding. Right in front of our porch.

And this beautiful sunset was on our last night.

Montego Bay for some fried seafood!

And bowling to cap off a great weekend!

There's a bit of a bromance going on here...

David and I are so lucky to have friends that like to "go and do" as much as we do! We love being with them, and are so happy when we're all together. Looking forward to Cruise 2011 already and Labor Day '11 too!