Monday, August 4, 2014

Destin - Final Post

The last two days of our vacation were great!  We really took advantage of the last couple of days and packed lunches to just eat at the beach so we could have a little more time at the beach before having to go up to the condo for the boys' afternoon naps.  Faith was great and very helpful and she stayed with the boys a lot for their naps in the afternoon so that Michael and I could have a bit longer down at the beach to relax!

The last day of our week (Friday) was the 4th of July.  It definitely was a LOT more crowded at the beach that day and it was certainly a different type of crowd. That night though, we got to enjoy tons of fireworks sitting on our balcony.  We could see the fireworks all the way down in Destin, about 10 miles away.  Then there were all the people on the beach between Miramar Beach where we were and Destin.  So we just saw gobs of fireworks for as far as we could see and it was SO pretty and a really fun night. 

Saturday morning, we got all packed up and began the long journey home.  We left around 8:30am and got home around 6:15pm. A little bit shorter of a drive on the way home but we were definitely ready to get out of the car!

We're so thankful for such a fun week and for the time to spend with some of Michael's family. And we were blessed once again with safe travels! What a great trip!

Andrew taking one of his morning naps

Me and Joseph ready for a swim

One day we got some really big waves in the afternoon.  The guys had so fun riding their boogie boards!
Michael is on the right and Luke on the left

Everyone enjoying the double shade from our canopies.

Andrew is quite the poser when he sees a camera these days

One day, Joseph actually took his afternoon nap down at the beach.  I could not believe he actually fell asleep on the lawn chair!

A view of our condo from the beach

Balcony

Coming in from balcony, dining room and kitchen and living room was on immediate right. Our room was just to the left of the dining area.

Living room

 

It was so fun to see how much fun Andrew had playing in the sand and buckets of water.  Of course he liked to dip his hand in and then lick his fingers.  :P

Silly brothers

Mommy and Joseph selfie

Thursday night's dinner - we dressed in our matchy outfits and took family pics on the beach!

These were all done with our tripod with no one standing next to it.  I couldn't believe we actually got the boys to both look and smile at the camera in some of them!


Love this one, although a bit of a shadow on Joseph's face

My little loves

All 3 of my boys

"CHEEEEEEESE!"

Outside the restaurant we ate at Thursday night

We caught an awesome sunset after dinner

We took a few more pics in the parking lot behind our condo.  There was one better but Joseph had his hand sticking up my skirt.  :P

Last day of beach fun!

On the last day, Michael, Jimmy & Lauren built a big sand castle.  They really did so good and people even took pictures with it afterwards!  

A great way to end our fun week!

2 comments:

Amber said...

Those family pictures are GORGEOUS!

Katherine said...

Oh girl! Such a fun vacation yall had. You got some great pictures. Love all the sand creations by your artistic hubby and family. So cool!

And the boys looked like they had so much fun. Little beach buddies! The family pictures yall took were great. Love the coordinating outfits too! :) Sweet family you have!

Aww, so glad yall had such a great time and a safe time! Love you!!