Sunday, September 11, 2011

Destin Day 1

Good morning! Paityn and I enjoyed some time watching the waves crash before everyone else got up. Britton was ready to go as soon as he got up!


We enjoyed a nice breakfast out on the deck and then got ready for the beach.

What is this stuff?

Britton was ready to play right away.

Paityn warmed up right away.







Britton said "come here baby girl, here's a shovel and we'll build a sand castle" Love how much he loves Paityn and always makes sure she is happy.

Look at the beautiful sky.

Even though we weren't at church this morning, we were blessed to be in God's creation.





Today is also the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I'll never forget that day. I was in organic chemistry lab (Kendall, I'm pretty sure it was the one we were together in with Dr. Harding, I believe that was his name!). We were working on an assignment and I heard my professor talking to someone. I thought he was saying a joke but there was no punch line. When we got out of lab, it was all over the news. My roommates dad was at the Pentagon that week and she wasn't sure when his flight was leaving so it was a pretty scary time until we found out he had made it home. We are so incredibly blessed and owe our lives and freedom to the people who lost their lives that day and since and the soldiers who continually fight for this country. We are blessed.





When daddy came down the the beach, Britton headed back into the water.




He got more and more courageous.

He jumped waves,




and surfed on a boogy board.

He actually made it from pretty far out all the way to the shore by himself. People all around were clapping for him and he was grinning ear to ear!




Paityn got sleepy pretty quickly and fell asleep and took a great nap in the tent.







After swimming for awhile, we came back up to the room got ready and ate some lunch. This is the view from our balcony!



After quiet time we headed out for a little shopping and dinner.



The kids even got to ride a little train! Thank you Oma, Papa and Great Grandma for climbing in there with them.


We ate dinner at PF Changs, got a couple more things at Target and then headed back to the condo.

We bought Paityn some new sandals and she was so proud of them but they're a little too tight so we're going to have to return them. I told Brandon we are going to have to buy her new ones before she realizes they're gone! What an amazing first day of vacation!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

We must have had a semester of separate Organic Chem labs. I was brushing my teeth getting ready for an Animal Science class 10 years ago yesterday. Looks like y'all are having a great time in Destin :)