Tom and Diana were so nice to let us stay at their home on our way back from Disney. In exchange for feeding their cats, and taking out the trash we get to spend the night in their house, wash our clothes in their washer and spend a day at the beach! Pretty good deal:)
Emma and Tori flew in to spend the day with us. We were excited to have them come and everyone was looking forward to a day in the sand.
We got to the beach in the morning, picnic in tow. The weather was perfect, the water was cool but not cold and the kids dove right in.
We had a fun time. The big girls and DH took out the snorkel gear and looked for fish. H also enjoyed using the mask to look for stuff. The waves weren't too big but they enjoyed body surfing and brother was actually pretty good at it. I guess he was light enough to get on top of even the baby waves!
We brought a picnic and snacked and swam. One of us even got to sit and read a book...hint: that was not me;)
We had a fun time. The big girls and DH took out the snorkel gear and looked for fish. H also enjoyed using the mask to look for stuff. The waves weren't too big but they enjoyed body surfing and brother was actually pretty good at it. I guess he was light enough to get on top of even the baby waves!
We brought a picnic and snacked and swam. One of us even got to sit and read a book...hint: that was not me;)Later in the afternoon we started to hear some rumbling in the sky. After not too too long it started to pour and we had to make a run for it with all our tons of stuff!
We got soaked. We were going to go home and clean up before dinner but the showers let up so we turned around and went back to the beach, then they started up again but we were committed at that point and went ahead and showered in the rain and "cleaned" up. Then we were off to Fudpuckers. Even though we got there before 5 the wait was already 45min to an hour. We got our buzzer then ran over to "Wings" to get cheap beach stuff and when we got back it was time to go to our table.
Since it was raining so much we couldn't feed the alligators but we did see some hiding from the rain under the bridges.
When we got home we got to clean up our beach gear.
So:
we spent 2 hours getting ready to go to the beach.
3 hours on the beach.
1 hour cleaning up from the beach and another couple doing beach laundry.
I'd call that a good day.
Sunburns, rain and hiding alligators aside it was very fun. We wish we lived in Florida!
8 comments:
It looks like your vacation is turning out to be a blast - and I like your stormtrooper pic! :)
I also think your princess is just gorgous! hugz - glad you're having such a wonderful, happy, safe time! :D
fun fun in the sun no pain in the rain?
What a blast. Another awesome day! Sorry about the rain-what a bummer, but it makes life more interesting!
Sounds like a great time- what wonderful memories this trip is going to be for your family!
Cheri
So much fun! The beach is so pretty.
Wow, the beach looks fantastic. What fun summer memories you'll have! :)
How fun!! Looks like a blast!
My parents take a grandkid to Destin every year. So beautiful!
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