Destin - Part 1

We chose to take a road trip to the beach this year for our family vacation.  We drove to Destin, Florida and spent a week there.  We had a fantastic time and of course I have a million pictures so I split the trip of into a few posts.

We left on Sunday.  I worked the night before so I came straight home and went to bed until noon.  Mondo woke me up and already had everything packed.  What a man!  I grabbed a few last minute items and we were off!  We drove until about 9pm and then stopped at a hotel in Louisiana to sleep.  The kids were super excited to be at a hotel and were so sad when they realized that there was no beach and we were still far from Florida.

But they still popped up bright and early the next day.  Momma didn't....

Ready to hit the road and head to Florida!  And yes, Caleb is eating chips for breakfast.  Actually, it was more of a snack.  He ate a little in the hotel.  :-)

I needed some extra coffee for the road.



I intended to take pics of the state signs as we passed them but only managed to get one.  I was too busy entertaining the kids.



Woo-hoo!  Made it to Florida!

We rented a condo right across the street from the beach.  It was perfect!  It had 2 bedrooms and our patio was across from the pool.

Kitchen.

Ethan's room.  He said it was his and that he would sleep in there.  We knew he wouldn't...but you know what...he did!  Every night!  You can guess where Caleb was...yep, in between us in our bed.  Ethan also loved this room because it had a TV and a DVD player.  And of course now he wants that in his room at home.

Living area.



We checked into our room and went straight to lunch...on the beach.  It amazed me how these restaurants don't have air conditioning.  They are either all patio seating or have open windows.  There is no policy of "no shoes, no shirt, no service" on the beach.  This restaurant was called "Whale's Tale" and it's where Ethan ate his first fish!  He ate "fish toes" which was popcorn sized fried fish.  And he loved it!  Mondo might have paid him $5 to try it.  But hey...it worked!



The view from our table.

First day playing on the beach!  This beach was a short walk across the street from our condo.  The only thing we didn't like about it was that it was a little crowded since there were multiple condos along the shore.  But the sand and water were beautiful...minus the seaweed.  That's the brown stuff on the sand.

Caleb made many sandcastles...so he could immediatly squish them.

After the beach we walked back to the hotel pool and let them swim a while...and get off any remaining sand before shower time.

That night we ate at "Mellow Mushroom".  Highly recommend it.  It smelled amazing and had just about every pizza combination you could imagine.  You know what we got?  Half cheese, half pepperoni.  Love dining with kids.

Spoiled little suckers.  It was a little busy so while we waited, Ethan played games on Mondo's phone and Caleb watched Octonauts on my Kindle.

Pizza time!

Caleb couldn't be bothered to eat.  He was too busy watching Octonauts...and too exhausted.

LOVE this picture!  Makes me and Mondo laugh every time!  He was not in the mood for a photo op.

Ahh...all settled in with some popcorn and a movie in Ethan's room.


That's all for now......