Destin 2008
Our "real" vacation was back to Destin this year! We stayed at the same condo as last year. This year Sara and Gary had little miss Teralee, so they were unable to go. (Sorry guys!) We asked the the Horton's to go with us. Misti is my good friend that I work with at school. They have 2 kids - Lily and Levi. We decided to head out about 12:00 a.m. on Friday night/Saturday morning. I think that it was perfect! The kids slept almost the entire trip. We were aiming to get there a little before check in at 3:00, and maybe head on down to the beach or whatever. We took our time and made some longer pit stops. We were almost in Destin when it started raining. :( We all thought oh no because we had heard that the forecast for the week was going to be rainy. YUCK! We got there early and unpacked; the rain left, so we headed to the beach. It was nice being there early and having that day to do something. Every morning we headed to the beach and spent 4-6 hours there and then would be done for the day at the beach. On the first full day, Sunday, we got up, and it was so pretty. We took everything to the beach, and I mean everything! We had blankets, the canopy, toys, toys, chairs, beach bags, buckets, towels, ice chest! When we were through, we left some of our stuff at the beach, and thought we might come back later,.Well, it started raining while we were at the room. We ran down there and gathering the blankets, canopy top, and chairs. We were nervous about the rest of the week and the rain, but it cleared off that day and we never had another shower that heavy again. We spent the afternoons taking naps, playing on the playground, tennis courts, or in the pool. We grilled out every night and had a great time doing that. At night we would go and look for crabs on the beach or swim some more. We did go shopping one day and run around for a few souvenirs. The boys got airbrushed shirts this year. They are so cute! It was such a nice and relaxing vacay! We love Florida!!
Ray and I were talking about it, and since Gavin has been born we have only missed like 3 out of the 7 summers to go to Florida! We took some family pics on the beach. They are on Misti's camera so when I get them I will post them!
