an awesome first family vacation!!! sarah and i have been planning a beach vacation for years and years. finally, way back in december of last year, we decided that we needed to stop talking about it and just do it. sarah went to destin when she was in 8th grade, and remembered where they stayed [after some serious internet stalking searching], and we got our place booked. it seemed like it would never happen, but before we knew it, we were packing our bags for destin!
my road-trip trooper! she really did a great job!
sarah and preston flew and left a few days before us, so ava and i braved the 12 hour drive with the boys. it really wasn't too bad. if only i'd been paying better attention, we wouldn't have driven a little out of the way, resulting in a hour detour. sarah also had some trouble renting her car [you don't want the details, but just remember: say no to hertz!] but we finally all met up in mobile by late afternoon. at that point, we ditched the kids with the boys, and drove together the rest of the way to destin. we arrived just after dark, but were so excited to be there!
we were up bright and early the next morning to hit the beach! it was cloudy, but we were determined to have our toes in the sand.
cute little beach bum
i love these pictures of sarah and preston. so sweet!
after beaching it up, it was time to get cleaned up and head to our evening outing. [side bar: thanks to sarah, we had a itinerary with restaurants, events, maps, etc, so that we always had a tentative plan. i recommend doing this kind of research, especially when traveling with kiddos so that you are somewhat prepared!]
the village of baytowne warf was so fun. we walked the pier before dinner and got some cute family / cousin photos there too.
the kids rode the carousel a few times before driving little boats on the water.
ava was also super pumped to "fly" on the trampolines. preston had to "jump" just like ava. it was pretty cute!
the kids did a little lot of dancing before we called it a night. 
a great night at baytowne!
1 comment:
I love Destin!!! What a great place for a family vacay! Awesome that you ditched the guys with the boys for the last leg...haha.. Adorable photos! I want to see more!
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