Ft. Walton, Florida

We went to Ft. Walton/Destin this weekend with our friends. Cynthia's parents live there and graciously let us stay at their house. The kids had so much fun together, we were surprised how well they played for four days. Everyone slept great too, they were pretty wiped out by the end of the day so the parents got to enjoy long naps in the afternoons as well as the kids. This is Amelia, Mckenzie, Luke and Hayden out on the dock of Granny Z's and Big Daddy's house. Luke couldn't get used to calling Mckenzie and Hayden's grandpa Big Daddy so he kept calling him Big Grandpa.
Just lounging . . .
Tubing time, the kids loved tubing and bouncing in the waves. The kids learned the signals for faster (thumb up), slower (thumb down),etc. Amelia showing us thumb up! Of course our little dare devil Luke would just hold thumb up the whole time when it was his turn!
We went to Destin and ate at a restaurant called The Back Porch right on the water. We accidentally forgot swimsuits for the kids and of course they wanted to swim in the big waves so we bought t-shirts and let them have at it. Amelia loved the waves and body surfing with Stephen, Luke hung back on the beach more. He didn't like the feeling of undertow.
The girls in their new swimming Back Porch t-shirts. We also got some fishing in and the kids caught some small fish. They loved grabbing "glowies" in the water, which are a species of jellyfish but are really tiny and don't have stingers. The kids would squish them through their fingers like jello. Actually, now that sounds kind of cruel.
Anyhow, it was a great vacation and we all had a really fun, relaxing time.