Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Summer {Destin}ation - Days 4 & 5

It's Monday...not the most favorite day of the week...unless you're on vacation!
"Good Morning!"
Today was a great day to break out the itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny...
...yellow polka dot bikini!

By now, we had fallen into a really nice routine of hitting the beach each morning playing in the sand and waves...
time for a snack
 Elizabeth loved trying to catch fish in her net...and holding onto Daddy's hand and dodging the waves!

...then we'd head to the pool to relax and splash...
...and take several turns down the slide...

Abby didn't mind the pool...only if she didn't get wet!  ha!  I couldn't resist at least dipping her toes in!

It was great having the pool almost to ourselves each morning, and enjoying lunch poolside!
{And it was a great place for Abby to nap!}
too much fun this morning!
The highlight...for me...is always eating out when we're on vacation!  And although I love to sit poolside and on the beach watching the waves...I really loved deciding where we were going for dinner!

The Crab Trap is one of the places we like to visit every time we come to Destin!  It's a great place to sit inside, but still feel like you're on the beach with the window-less windows!
french fry kabobs!

After dinner we love heading back to the beach for an evening walk...but this night big storms with lightening and thunder were blowing in...so we enjoyed watching from the balcony!

The next morning the storms were gone...
breakfast buddy!
...but left behind some big waves...that Alex and Emily couldn't wait to ride on!

Alex could build, construct and engineer in the sand all day!
lunch time!
a fun morning means a willing napper
My favorite time of day...McGuire's tonight!
...followed by ice cream!

We planned on taking some pictures on the beach after dinner, but it started to rain...then we took a detour to avoid traffic, which turned out to be a l-o-n-g way around and over the bridge!  But it was just what we needed...the evening cleared up and it was a beautiful sunset!

The days are going fast...