Destin 2013

Well I've been waiting to write about our trip to Destin, Florida until I had everyone's pictures... but I will just go ahead with what I have so far before I forget too much. The whole family stayed in one big condo at the beach for a week following Labor Day! I was so glad to be able to spend time and be together with everyone.

At the airport in Houston, eating breakfast... we left Midland at 6:30 AM, yikes! Thankfully the excitement of going kept the kids in high spirits. We met up with Katie and her kids and Travis at the Houston airport and we all flew into Florida on the same flight.

"Is that our airplane, mama?" "Look another Southwest airplane!"

Most days were spent eating breakfast together, going down to the beach, playing, digging in the sand, swimming, eating lunch, napping, going back to the beach, playing, digging, swimming... 

It was just so beautiful and so relaxing!

cousin love!

watching the sunset before dinner at "the Back Porch" one night

Easton hit his wall so we could not get a family picture...

as evidenced by this lovely shot

looking at the fish at Bass Pro Shops... Easton did not want to take his eyes off them to look at me

catching hermit crabs

all the big cousins!

playing miniature golf

It was a great trip! We ate great food (seafood, fried fish Hector, Travis and Poppa caught and a restaurant cooked for us, Ruth's Chris steak!), spent lots of time together, Blake practiced swimming without her floats in the pool thanks to watching Santi, Poppa, Grandma and Blake got stung by jellyfish (we think), and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!