Sunday, November 14, 2010
Destin Florida...where have you been all my life?
In October we took a spontaneous trip to Destin Florida. Spontaneous trips to the beach should not be that big of a deal when you live in Florida...but this beach is 6 and 1/2 hours from our house. One day I got a call from one of our friend Carrie Haslam (old BYU roomie) in Nashville. She and her family were heading down to Destin...and it occurred to her that we might want to drive up and meet them and share their wonderful beach front condo. Well...the kids had a day off of school, and John had taken a day off of work, so we figured...WHY NOT! We left the very next day and spent the week-end with the Haslams. We had never been to Destin (up on the pan handle) and we absolutely LOVED IT! Such amazing fine white sand. The condo was great with plenty of room, the view was beautiful, the company was so fun...and the kids played non stop on the beach while we relaxed. Kennedy was already on a camping trip with friends, so we took Kinsey's friend Shaina along with us.
This was the view from our room. The dark spot is a school of fish. We could see some of the fish jumping out of the water. Later that day another school came by. John was able to swim out to it and snorkel around a bit. SO AMAZING. Especially for just an average October day. John and Cooper even had a visitor on our deck. This cute little butterfly that would not leave them alone.
Our family in Destin...well, minus Kennedy. Shaina Machado instead.
Me and Carrie
The cute Haslam family...our gracious hosts
All the little boys spent most of the time at the beach digging two giant holes. I mean HUGE. It even had a tunnel going from one hole to the other. Then they tried to fill it with water (not that it worked) to make some sort of big jacuzzi sort of thing. It kept them busy, and it was pretty impressive. I must say.
This was the view from our room. The dark spot is a school of fish. We could see some of the fish jumping out of the water. Later that day another school came by. John was able to swim out to it and snorkel around a bit. SO AMAZING. Especially for just an average October day. John and Cooper even had a visitor on our deck. This cute little butterfly that would not leave them alone. 
Fall fun
And now, for some random and unrelated fall happenings.
We even headed up to a BYU game in Tallahassee with my niece and her husband. Yes, BYU got trampled, and yes, my poor niece pretty much got heat stroke, but it was neat to be at a BYU football game again. It has been ages and I miss them so much. FSU campus is beautiful and the stadium is really neat. John and I stayed in Tallahassee for the night and it made for such a nice little getaway. I LOVE it there. It is about 5 hours from Orlando, and looks quite different. A little hilly with lots of charm. I'm glad we had a fun little road trip.
We had a great night out at Cocoa beach one night. I was able to do family pictures for my niece Lyn (more posted on my photo blog). So fun to capture the joy on her boys faces from being at the beach for the first time.
First of all, some fun with the cub scouts. Carver is really enjoying being in Cub Scouts. It's all so new to me, and I don't really get it all...but I know Carver is having fun. One day I followed along with his little pack to the vietnam museum close to our house. The boys LOVED playing around with all this stuff. What is it with boys and guns? Weird.
A very fun thing that happened this fall was a visit from my sister Brenda. She came from Utah for a visit. She came with my niece Lyn, her husband Cory, and their darling two boys. I LOVED having them here. We had some nice long sister talks, and some great catching up with my darling niece and her family, and a wonderful day at the beach. My boys miss her boys already.
We even headed up to a BYU game in Tallahassee with my niece and her husband. Yes, BYU got trampled, and yes, my poor niece pretty much got heat stroke, but it was neat to be at a BYU football game again. It has been ages and I miss them so much. FSU campus is beautiful and the stadium is really neat. John and I stayed in Tallahassee for the night and it made for such a nice little getaway. I LOVE it there. It is about 5 hours from Orlando, and looks quite different. A little hilly with lots of charm. I'm glad we had a fun little road trip.
We had a great night out at Cocoa beach one night. I was able to do family pictures for my niece Lyn (more posted on my photo blog). So fun to capture the joy on her boys faces from being at the beach for the first time.
Kinsey has been very involved in Student government these past few years. This is the Junior Class float for the Timber Creek High School Homecoming parade. Kinsey worked hard on this float and I think it turned out so cute. Our family loves going to the Homecoming parade every year, right in our own little neighborhood...along with attending the Homecoming game. Fun fall traditions.
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