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So – we started off July with a
super short week……. That managed to DRAG by.
We only had two days to ‘suffer’ through until we hit the road for the
beach, but I swear Tuesday must’ve been 20 hours in one. Finally though, we got home, cleaned the
house, fed the family, packed up everything in the house, and off we went to
Destin at 7:30. Only 30 minutes past
our planned leave time. (Sam forgot
his sunglasses – turns out they weren’t quite as ‘necessary’ for a vacation
as we thought…)
The boys did great. Except that they didn’t fall asleep until
20 minutes from Destin. They watched
two movies, ate gummies, and had a ball in the ‘jamas. We arrived at 11:30 on the dot. Patrick went right up to bed I think ? – he
was just sleeping with us…. But William was wired for sound. That kid.
I don’t even know what time we all called it quits – couldn’t have
been too late. But the boys refused to
go to sleep until 100 ish…. And then wanted to rock it out at 400ish. No bueno.
Thank goodness for Kindle & Netflix J
First thing, well not first thing,
but William and I went on a bike ride – maybe 830? We got a couple miles out and it starts
raining. We don’t get totally soaked
to the bone, but we definitely had to change clothes…. And then the rain doesn’t stop. For the entire weekend. We had a handful of no rain moments – just
enough to get to the beach with all the accoutrement, play for 30 minutes,
and then make a mad dash to gather everything up, wrap the boys into towel burritos,
and run for the house in the rain.
Talk about a wet blanket….
We did manage to have an excellent
time though. We had a 40 minute
adventure on 98 to only make it 2.8 miles.
We were trying to go to the Carmike, but apparently the trip from the
house to the theater was a total of 7 miles and leaving an hour early just
wasn’t adequate. So we pulled a crazy
u-turn, went to a little antique mall to say that we went ‘somewhere’ and
back to the house we went. Oh – and
that night (or maybe it was Thursday – I don’t know) – we watched the most
fun movie “Mr Hobbs Takes A Vacation”.
Seriously – go get it on Amazon (sorry about the one-click order Dad –
we thought the next screen would ask us for our card!) It’s a classic. Super funny and good clean laughs. Refreshing.
 
Thursday we smartly decided it was
shopping day and headed out early to the outlets. We hit the high points – Brooks Brothers,
Banana, and probably some other stuff, ate some insanely amazing gourmet
Mexican food underneath a very wide and very covered patio, and then the
‘kids’ went to see White House Down (surprisingly good btw). The grandparents took the littles and went
to the seafood market and then home for a nap. The boys did take amazingly long and
wonderful naps the entire time – so that was a very happy surprise.
   
Friday – it looked like it might
dry up and just be cloudy. Good enough
for me. I threw swimsuits on the boys
and off we went. Just the three of us
– I wasn’t going to wait around for anything – clock was ticking! We dug a great big hole and put our feet in
the water. Daddy came down to play
after about 30 minutes – big times!
Then 15 minutes after that the rest of the family shows up – along
with the rain. Sam and I were glad
that we called it (we briefly considered playing through it) but that water
from the sky didn’t stop for the rest of the day. I was thankful to have the extra hands to
help get all the stuff back though.
Put the boys in a bath to warm up and it was back to the Kindle for
Netflix.
Saturday was the same. We got to the beach. Played for about an hour and a half this
time and then the rain came. William
had a big time getting in the small raft and riding the waves. I was pulling him in to go play in the sand
though, and a big wave came and turned the raft over dumping him into the
water. And because of all the storming
– the under current was STRONG – scared me half to death. My kid under water and starting to get
dragged back out… I grabbed him quickly – held him close. He was fine. Not even that shaken up.
   
The best part of the day – he had
to go tee tee – he tried just to pull down his trunks right there on the
beach. No. I take him to the water to let him go, but
the waves are so high I have to hold him.
He doesn’t like it. Won’t
go. I try to pull his shorts down a
little while keeping both our heads above the waves. Won’t go.
I bring him back to the shore and tell him to go talk to his Daddy
about what to do. Instead he walks up
and pulls his trunks down. The wind is
blowing teetee EVERYWHERE. I try to
position him so it’s not blowing onto any one or on to the ‘resort’
chairs/umbrella. I then get sprayed in
the face (which no one noticed) and a second later William nails himself in
the face and gets his mouth. He just
kept telling Bebe (while she was washing his face off with bottled water) “My
tongue Bebe – it got on my tongue”.
Poor baby – we were all DYING laughing. Too bad we aren’t on reality tv with a film
crew following our every move – would’ve been one for the records for
sure. Ha!
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Sunday was pack up and leave day, and
wouldn’t you know the sun was out and it was gorgeous. Granted the weather said the rain was still
going to be around – but c’mon. Couldn’t
even get a late checkout to enjoy the weather a little longer. L Took the boys with Tasha to the beach to play
while Sam finished the odds/ends of packing and then we were off. 45 minutes before official time to go. In hindsight – should’ve gone to the beach
again just to play – but then where would we get the sand off the boys?! Anyhow – they didn’t sleep AT ALL on the way
back. No nap is now a new form of highly
effective torture. We put them to bed at
7:00. Just couldn’t take it
anymore. My patience was shot – bucket
was empty.
All in all though – it was a nice getaway. Not what we had planned or hoped for – but
definitely really good quality time.
Even got to see my sister Kat & her boyfriend Matt. (And listen to a good local band at a local
bar and drink cheap beer all night – felt like a rockstar) So – all’s well that ends well. Until next year!
Loves.
