{"id":603,"date":"2011-07-04T20:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T20:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/our-guests-for-the-week-and-my-favorite-sign.html"},"modified":"2011-07-04T20:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T20:28:00","slug":"our-guests-for-the-week-and-my-favorite-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/07\/our-guests-for-the-week-and-my-favorite-sign.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Guests for the Week…And My Favorite Sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we have friends from North Carolina visiting: Maryann (AKA Fotomom<\/a>), Joey and Johnny.  Jacob and Joey were in the same preschool from 2005-2008 and were two peas in a pod, while Timmy and Johnny were best buddies as the respective little brothers.  We took dozens of great road trips together!<\/p>\n

Joey and Johnny obviously knew about the trip (they were getting on a plane, how could they not?) but we kept the visit a big surprise from my boys until they saw their friends in the baggage claim area at Pensacola Airport last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Johnny couldn’t get over how short Timmy’s hair is!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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It took Jacob a few minutes to sink in that his friends are really here!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On the way back from the airport, I gave Fotomom a challenge: to photograph the famous Pensacola Beach sign in the dark.  I slowed down the truck to about 30 mph and Maryann gave it a shot with a “sports” setting on her Canon camera.  I love it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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It’s so incredibly gaudy I LOVE IT!  Photo: Maryann G. (Fotomom)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I love that sign because it reminds me of Vegas.  The yellow emblem’s lights radiate outwards, and the lights in the words “Pensacola Beach” sparkle. <\/p>\n

It reminds me of those old-fashioned Holiday Inn signs:<\/p>\n

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This week we have friends from North Carolina visiting: Maryann (AKA Fotomom), Joey and Johnny.  Jacob and Joey were in the same preschool from 2005-2008 and were two peas in a pod, while Timmy and Johnny were best buddies as the respective little brothers.  We took dozens of great road trips together! 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