Reagan Family Vacation 2011

Marc's parents generously took us on vacation

to Panama City Beach.

We stayed at the Aqua Resort...

on the 19th floor.

 As always, I fell in love with the beachy, 

nautical art work in the condo!

Me and my Ans...

McLean is at that age where he'd rather 

make a funny face than give a smile!

We were literally minutes from Pier Park. 

From our front door,

we could see Pier Park and Gulf World.

 Waiting for dinner at Margaritaville...

 Pretty sure Marc found his shaker of salt

 at the bottom of a huge plate of jumbalaya.

He definitely found a t-shirt he just had to have!

 See how happy we look just before dinner at Reggae J's?

Well, it was short lived

because, literally, just minutes later...

we were STUCK in the elevator.

Remember I said our condo was on the 19th floor?

Yep, we got stuck just below the 18th floor.

There were about 12-15 of us on the elevator,

and it just stopped...

then started jerking like it was going to fall.

After pushing every alert and emergency button

in the elevator...

Katie finally called 911

(none of us had the condo lobby number)

and the Fire Dept rescued us 

after being trapped for about 20 minutes

(that felt much, much longer).

Let's just say the experience 

made this vacation memorable!

Afterward,  

Marc, McLean, and I choose to go down the stairs

while Katie, Ansley, Mrs Debbie and

 Mr. Terry rode down with the fire fighters.

McLean said, 

"It was okay with me if I died.

I was with my entire family,

and I would get to see my dad again."

Uh, kid...rip my heart out.

Thankfully, the vacation picked up from there!

Beach pics tomorrow!