Destin, FL - here we come :)
I have been counting down the day's to this girl's trip ever since we all planned it! The ladies going on this trip with me are life-long girlfriends I have met through my job. All but one of them have moved on to other positions at other hospitals but we have always kept in touch & remained close. We planned our first girl's trip together to Vegas in 2009. Then 3 years later we planned this beach trip & there is already talk of going on a cruise in 2014 for our next trip. Unfortunately, out of the group there would be two girls who were unable to join us - Jen & Marlo :(
Between Heather (HK) & I, we had many surprises planned for the girls this week & couldn't wait to share them all! Little did I know, HK even had a surprise for me...
I got up super early & met up with Deb, Heather & Camille & we all made it to the airport in time for our 7:40am departure to Houston, TX. As we were sitting at the gate, I look over to my right & see our friend Jen standing there. At first I thought she had just ran into us & that she was traveling somewhere with her hubby. As I got up to hug her & say hi, I asked what she was doing there & she said "going to the beach with the girls". At that moment I realized she was coming with us :)
Surprise #1 HT!!
I immediately got tears in my eyes, gave her a huge hug & was SO excited she would be joining us. HK was the only one who knew Jen was coming with & I can't believe they both pulled off the surprise - those girls are sneaky!
(Me, Jen & HK - what Jen likes to call a "Heather Sandwich")
We all boarded the plane & made our way to Houston, TX where we were to switch planes. Everyone was hungry so we all stopped at one of the restaurants to eat before our next flight. While we were eating, HK & I said we had to go to the restroom but really we were in search of surprise #2 - our girlfriend Deanna - who was sitting at our gate & had NO clue we were all on the same flight to Panama City Beach together. We spotted her immediately & tried to sneak up on her but unfortunately she saw us coming & couldn't believe we were there! We all made our way back to the restaurant & shortly after, Deanna walked up to surprise the rest of the girls - so fun!!
The plane ride to Panama City Beach was filled with chit-chat, catching up, laughter, pics, beverages & we seemed to be back on the ground in no time. We met up with our 7th member of the group, Kari who flew in from Chicago, picked up our rental van & were excited to make our way to the condo & the beach.
Just a short 50 minute drive & we arrived to our awesome condo:
We ended up having dinner there, enjoying some fresh seafood, frozen beverages, a live band & the sounds of the ocean right behind us.
Deanna & I had made plans earlier in the month to make this a 30th birthday that Kari would never forget!
Cue surprise #3!
We decided to surprise the girls with some "accessories" to wear out on the town. I had made each girl a bedazzled tank top that had "Destin" in rhinestones across the chest & a set of black/rhinestone flip flops right underneath. You can't really see the front of them in these pics but they were super cute, the girl's loved them & we can wear them again throughout the summer.
We also bought fun fluorescent wigs & lei's for each girl & Jen even brought fun glasses which totally completed the look! Everyone loved the idea & we had so much fun taking pics with all our 'craziness' on :) The birthday girl Kari is in the white wig & black tank top:
Jen in between her "Heather Sandwich" :)
(HT & HK)
We ended up going to a local beachfront bar called AJ's & had a GREAT time! Those people didn't know what to think when our group of 7 walked in! There was a live band, strange looks by the crowd, lots of booty shaking, people asking to take pictures with us, dance-off contests & so much fun had by all!
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