Monday, June 8, 2009

~ The Emerald Dolphin ~


As many of you know, we are no longer heading to Columbus, Ohio for Fellowship. We will now be moving to Gulf Breeze, Florida. Mark will be working at the Andrew's Institute, home of two of the top world renowned sports medicine orthopedic surgeons. (For those who do not yet know, my husband is going by his middle name....Mark. It has been a slow transition but we are all catching on. I just think of him as Dr. Mark Sloan- McSteamy:) )

This is an amazing opportunity for him and we feel so blessed that this has come our way. We are still planning on moving from Michigan mid-July.

This past week Mark and I flew down to Pensacola, FL to look for houses and tour the facility where he will be working. We had less than two days to meet with Realtors and find a house! The first day we went through 7 or 8 houses and did notfind anything that we totally fell in love with. The second day we took a tour of the Andrew's Institute. Every person we met recommended that for a year we should live on the beach. After viewing many properties, needless to say, we absolutely fell in love with it!! Our realtor sold us as the perfect couple and after making a low-ball offer on a fabulous condo we were able to find something that fell into our price range. We are THRILLED!!!!! Our condo is fully furnished so all we have to take down is our clothes and some toys for Breezy!

We will be living on the 5th floor at the Emerald Dolphin on Pensacola Beach. The condo has a large pool, hot tub, and full workout facility just one floor down. Our condo is a 3 bedroom, 3 bath, with the extra bedroom perfect for a guest suite. We also have an L-shaped balcony that provides a view of both the Gulf of Mexico and the "sound". I am so excited that I can barely stand it! We are all ready to leave tomorrow!!! :)


Our VIEW!!!





















Pool area: (this picture was taken from our balcony)


















The workout room:

















Main living room area:



















Kitchen:
















Master Bedroom:















Master Bath:






















Breezy's Bedroom:


















Breezy's Bathroom:



















Guest Bedroom:




















The Andrew's Institute:

1 comment:

missliss5/Melissa said...

Living ON the beach??? My friend, you will NOT regret that. No need to lug a truck load of junk, pack a lunch, get surprised by naptime---you are going to love it! I'm so excited for you! And furnished? Even better---that's SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!