Creating Memories: Trip To Destin

We got back from our little trip to Destin yesterday. We have all been looking forward to a little getaway for several weeks. We left from the Bailey's Thursday morning and drove down. Savannah did pretty well in the car until the last 45 minutes or so. We were all antsy by that point. We checking into out hotel and ended up trying to get Savannah to take a nap. We spent a lot of time trying to get Savannah to take a nap on this trip. She slept well in the pack and play at night, but it was harder to get her to squeeze in a nap during the day. Friday we had our timeshare sales pitch meeting with Wyndham Resorts at 11:00. We drove down the beach front road and oohed and aahed at the multi-million dollar houses. Jonathan agreed to let us take Savannah for a walk on the beach before our meeting. I wanted to get some sweet pictures with her linen dress on teh beach. I had this assumption that Savannah would love the sand immediately and take off running. HAHA! She DID NOT LIKE the feel on the sand on her feet! Jonathan had to carry her around the whole time! Savannah managed to behave for the most part during our sales pitch. The deal they were offering would be great in the long run, but we really have no intentions of getting involved in a timeshare at this point. We went to the beach to swim and play around 4:30 that afternoon. It was the perfect time, wasn't so hot and the sun wasn't very bad. We found out that Savannah LOVES the water in the ocean! She would have floated in her pink car all day if we would've let her. She did warm up to the sand a little bit to play with her pails and shovels. She really liked dumping water from her watering can or bucket on the sand over and over again...It's all about the water! We went to the beach again Sat morning. We didn't really stay that long either time, but it gave Savannah a chance to play. Later that afternoon, Jonathan finally gave in and let us go back to the beach to take some family photos. This is one thing that I wanted more than anything from this trip. We went across the street to the state park. The sky and light was perfect since it was approaching sunset. We had the tripod set and trying to get the 3 of us all together. We never got that "perfect" shot, but my subjects weren't as patient as I am with taking pictures. We got take out once again that evening and watched our Auburn tigers beat up on Florida. We learned a lesson during this trip. When going to the beach again with young children, it would be worth getting a room/condo on the beach with a balcony overlooking the ocean. That way we don't have to travel in the car, and we can still enjoy the view while trying to get little ones to nap.

Savannah managed not to sleep any on the 7 hr car ride back yesterday. We made it back in time for afternoon worship services and then went over to the Smith's after church. Needless to say, she crashed when we finally got home.

I will leave you with some of my favorite photos that I've edited.