At the beach

It feels like it has been FOREVER since we put our toes in the sand.  We missed our beach vacation last year because of the oil spill.   We actually we went, but the shores were too oily to swim.

This year we went to Destin.  This was our first family vacation to San Destin, Florida.  JM had a meeting scheduled there which is always a good reason to choose a resort!  Our first order of business upon arriving on Monday was family pictures, because Tyler was leaving Tuesday for youth camp in Panama City.  Colleen was not sure about the sand AT ALL until we let her put her shoes back on.  Then she was ready to explore!

Lauren...

Corynne...

Then we played at the Wharf  for the rest of the evening!

Tuesday morning we got up to take Tyler to Panama City to meet our church youth group at Souled Out later that afternoon..  I had hear about Shell Island down there, and we decided to make a family day of it.

Colleen had fun playing in the sand while the big people where snorkeling for shells!

After we dropped Tyler off, we went back to take the Dolphin tour and "swim" with the dolphins.

SOOOOO fun!

How awesome is it to have dolphins right beside you!

Daddy, Corynne and Lyndsey had a BLAST!  Lauren was too scared to get in the water.

they found a sea urchin... yuck!

And many sand dollars and shells

The rest of the week was spent at San Destin.  The kids enjoyed all kinds of activities from swimming, biking, mini golf, and make your own snowcones!

Daddy's chocolate banana is good!