PART ONE: FLORIDA
After spending three weeks in Ohio, with my family, life did everything but slow down, for Vika. I am incredibly blessed with a daughter who "goes with the flow" and doesn't mind sleeping in random beds...afterall, I'm her mama, and I am anything but a "homebody". In fact, we no sooner got back from Ohio, and we were back in the car to spend the Fourth of July with Justin and his family. Then the real traveling began.
We spent a week at Panama City Beach, FL with some very dear friends of mine, Kevin and Angie and their children.
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| Kevin (Papa) and Angie (Mana) |
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| Vika loves her Mana and Papa "o so much!" |
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| What?!??! |
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| Piggy toe time! |
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| Papa getting Vika |
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| Allison and Vika |
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| Papa's girl |
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| She couldn't get enough of her Papa |
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| Russian babes...Nathan (Sasha) and Vika |
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| Smile! |
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| The group at dinner |
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| Victoria and Vika (my Viktoria) |
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| Nathan and Vika |
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| Mama and Vika |
This was Vika's first trip to the ocean and she quickly found out that the water tasted icky! But the ocean was beautiful and the company was the best!
She enjoyed playing in the sand and quickly decided swimming in the pool was better than the salt water in the ocean.
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| look at my brownie sundae! |
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| future cheerleader....I hope not! ;-) |
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| trying to swim |
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| chillin' |
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| and some noodle fun! |
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| the ball was totally bigger than her... |
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| and then there was the turtle, which she loved |
Since it was vacation, that meant swimming at night when she should've been in bed.
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| Ready...Set... |
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| JUMP!!!! |
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| SPLASH! |
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| And saved by Justin :-) |
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| She loved being thrown |
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| getting so brave in the water |
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| Swimming |
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Who has the bigger muscles!?!?
love you Justin ;-) |
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| Racing to the wall |
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| I believe that's a win for Vika :) |
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| my lil' Fish |
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| Mama and Vika |
Vika also got to enjoy some fun down on Pier Park including a train ride conducted by a RUSSIAN :)
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| Justin and Vika all set for a ride |
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| She's sooooo excited |
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| looking out... |
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| pointing at mama |
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| the Russian conductor |
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| the train |
and she enjoyed some fun on the blow-up slides.
But the thing she enjoyed the most was "flying"... and doing back flips!!!
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| getting strapped in |
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| Yes, she went higher than the tree! |
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| Did I mention, Vika is fearless?!?! |
Well, there you have my brief summary of our time at PCB Beach with Mana and Papa! Hopefully, I will complete Part 2 (time in OHIO) tomorrow. *cross fingers*
