Destin Day 4

We had a perfect day 4 of our vacation!!

It began with a morning trip to the beach, after I insisted! :) I really couldn't stand the thought of spending the vacation at the pools, even though the little ones would have been perfectly fine having it that way! Sam had to do some work back at the condo, and Brenda stayed home with Abby, so it was just Chels and me.

The big boys had fun boogie boarding the waves, and Carter, Emma, and Carson dug in the sand.

Ella on the other hand had a boo boo that hurt when it touch salt water, and so she rested in the shade of the waaaayyyy expensive chairs that we hadn't paid to rent! ;) She was a grouchy girl!! I just hope as she gets older she enjoys beach days much more!


Cade and Colt going out with the boogie boards!!
After the majority was finished enjoying the beach we headed to The Hilton's pool. After only a little while it started to rain, but it wasn't anything that the Hilton's indoor pool/hot tub couldn't fix!!!

Happy as clams in the indoor pool



When Daddy was finished working he brought us Subway sandwiches for lunch, and we headed outside to swim because the storms had passed.
After a bit we decided it was time to head back to get showers before dinner. Cade and Emmy rode back in the car with Daddy, but El and Carson decided to take the beach route with me!!


I tried to get them to walk next to the coast, but again the boo boo that hurt when it touched salt water came in the way of that! UGH!!
Oh well, we had fun running in the sand.

Silly faces, per their requests!!

Running with boogie boards!

When we got back to the condo it was bath time with bomb pops!!

While I was getting ready we noticed dolphins surfacing outside the window, so Sam took the kids to see them closer. You can see the 5 of them on the dock in the distance! :)

After everyone was ready it was time for a beach side dinner at Whale's Tail.






It was yummy, and we even got to feed the birds!!


After dinner we headed to the Destin Outlet Mall for a little back to school shopping. We didn't find anything, but we still had fun!!

My fashonista wanted this scarf!! :)

After shopping it was time for frozen yogurt at TCBY! This was one of our favorite places when Cade was little, but all of the TCBYs in our area have closed, so we were happy to see one in Destin!!

Rainbow!!!


After TCBY we headed to the souvenir shop where Carson got a shark tooth necklace, and the girls each got a t-shirt, plus one other small thing. Em got a sand dollar, and El got a dolphin key chain. Cade opted for some Blockbuster bucks when we got back home! :)