Destin Part 2

As with every Florida trip you always plan for a rainy day activity. This is the first year EVER that it did not rain a single drop while we were there. Crazy! Well, Mimi had an "unbirthday party" planned for a day to hang out inside away from the sun.

Mimi and the girls made oreo cookie pops while Poppi and Evan hung out. Then Mimi had puppets for the kids to decorate and put on a puppet show. We had monkey bread for breakfast and made safari binoculars. Fun times! This actually worked out perfectly because I had to make a visit to the Minute Clinic for an ear infection. So annoying. 

Once Brian and I returned we all decided to head to the local mall area called Destin Commons.

As you can see above it had a great play area that was mostly shaded. If we had known there was a sprinkler area we would have come prepared for the kids to play in it=/  We did a little shopping around and Poppi and Mimi paid for the kids to ride the train around the place. Gotta love Grandparents=)

We ended up at Johnny Rockets' for some ice cream and snacks. Turned out to be a perfect non-beach day.

Brian was dying to rent a scooter and go cruising Old Hwy 98 along the beach so we did! Safety first for me! I'm 100% certain I was the only one on a scooter wearing a helmet.  I'm not going to lie...I felt a little vulnerable on that little thing and we only went 20 mph. That's fast on a scooter, folks.  We enjoyed our time but 2 hours was more than enough time. We ended our journey at TCBY with some ice cream.

Family pictures and out-to-eat night was a hit. We walked to Pompano Joe's from our townhouse. How perfect is that? We saw a line of folks waiting to get their names on the waiting list which didn't seem promising. After about a 7 minute wait they got us right in, table of 10! We were pretty cramped because that's the way the place is but we were right on the beach and the food was great!

 Group shot at the restaurant. JZ and I didn't make the shot as I was the photographer and he was next to me=)

View from behind us

I'm only allowed to show you our family photo. The whole family is off limits for mom's Christmas cards!

The youngsters each chose a date night so Brian and I went down to the Destin Harbor to walk around and found a great Mexican place to eat, Crab Island Cantina.

We had a nice viewing of several dolphin cruises, show boats like the pirate one above and sail boats. Beautiful area! We also got a little airshow that was fun!

This trip was a blast! I am so thankful for each and every time we are able to pull something like this off as each year gets more busy with kids growing up.  I'm also thankful that we all like each other enough to spend a week together on the beach=)