Back to the grind

Wes and I enjoyed a MUCH needed vacation to Destin, FL this week.  We left the kids with my mom and although it was really hard to be away from my babies, I knew they were in great hands.  It was so relaxing and we enjoyed ourselves so much! On the first night we ran to target at around 8:30 to grab some beach things and we were laughing at how we haven't left the house together at 8:30 in over 3 years!  We enjoyed not having a schedule and doing our own thing and actually sitting at a restaurant and eating instead of trying to entertain two little ones!

We were gone from Wednesday to Sunday. On the way to Destin we stopped in New Orleans. Neither of us had ever been there and we just wanted to check it out.  We weren't there at night, but we walked around Jackson Square and got to see some jazz bands and eat a little brunch.  It was fun to see a new place.  

While in Destin we enjoyed some fun restaurants with super yummy food.  We of course loved sitting on the beach most of the day.  We ate at a restaurant that was connected to our hotel for lunch a couple of the days and it was such a pretty view. 

One evening we went to a place called the Harbor Walk and it was a fun little boardwalk with lots of little shops.  This is also where you rented jet skis, went parasailing and took boat cruises.  While we were there that night we saw a sunset dolphin cruise and that sounded like fun so we went back the next night and made it on time for that.  

It was SO COOL to see the dolphins so close.  We are geniuses and forgot our nice camera on the cruise and our phone pictures don't do justice  to how beautiful the sunset and dolphins were. But...one afternoon Wes took his camera into the water and got so close to the dolphins.  It was so neat to be laying on the beach and just see dolphins swimming around.

We had a really good time at a piano bar one night that was within walking distance from our hotel.  It was a fun, new experience for us and we had a really good time.  Between laying on the beach, staying up late, sleeping in, eating great food, seeing the dolphins and enjoying some alone time, we didn't have much time to think about the kiddos (although I really thought of them like crazy the entire time). We sure were happy to see them when we got home, and they enjoyed their white sand from our fun trip!

Thanks Granna and PawPaw for taking such GREAT care of our babies so we could enjoy ourselves.  We had such a great time that we may be calling on you more often!