Vacation, all I ever wanted … Day 1

It seems like we have been talking about going to Florida for our family vacation all year and it is finally here! We left Saturday morning at 5:45 a.m. (1 hour and 15 minutes behind plan) for Destin. We had a grand plan of picking up Andrew and Tyler from their beds and buckling them in their car seats without them ever waking. Yeah right.

I tried to explain to Andrew that it was still dark outside and that he needed to go to sleep, but he was not interested. 20 minutes into our trip Andrew asked, “Are we there yet?” Not even close, buddy. The boys did end up sleeping for a bit, which helped the first couple of hours pass quickly. When Andrew woke up he said, “Look Mommy, the sun is waking up!” It was too cute. Shortly after the boys woke up we went to Sonic for breakfast, changed the boys clothes (they were still wearing jammies), went potty and then we were back on the road. I had a grand plan of not watching movies at the start of the trip because I didn’t want the boys to get bored of the movies and start acting up at the end of the trip. In an effort to delay the movies we all sang along to the Wiggles cd. Twice. Around the end of the second cycle of the Wiggles (just shy of 4 hours into the trip), Andrew asked again, “Are we there yet?” and then he said “I want to get out of the car.” Me too, buddy. This is when the potty breaks began to increase in frequency. We stopped for lunch in Pascagoula, MS at Edd’s Drive-in. Doug lived in Pascagoula for a couple of years and whenever we pass through the area, a stop at Edd’s is a must. 11ish hours later we arrived in Destin. Thankfully, the movies did an excellent job of keeping the boys occupied. We checked in and unloaded the car and went straight to the beach. It was just as beautiful as I remembered it. Doug and I were last in Destin in the summer of 1999 when we were just dating (we were not even engaged yet!).

Andrew loved the beach right away and started playing in the sand and at the water’s edge. Tyler like the soft sand but wanted nothing to do with the water. Tyler was actually getting hungry so I tried to sit him on a towel and give him his raisins, but he wouldn’t keep his hands out of the sand and he ended up eating sandy raisins and then just sand. Silly boy!

Doug went to Sears to have his car aligned and to have a weight put on the right front tire because it seems as though we lost the weight on the trip. It was a long day and the last hour seemed to take forever (in part because we went through a bunch of little towns instead of taking the Midbay Bridge by mistake), but we made it! The view of the room was incredible and the condo was very nice so we were happy.

Coolest Boat Name Ever!


Edd's Drive In


Views from our condo:




Cool Andrew hitting the water


My boys




Tyler trying to bury Andrew in the sand