Sand Butterflies
Hello from Destin
Thursday, the day after my birthday, we packed up and headed down to Destin. We arrived in Destin around 1pm, and was able to get checked into the condo early. We were very happy that we got to check in early...we got to spend a few hours at the beach and pool...bonus time! The Brewers, Keely, Derek, and Macy, arrived later that evening. We ate dinner in the first night, and after we put the girls to bed the adults got to have some time to relax before the first full day at the beach. Friday morning we woke up around 8:30ish, cooked breakfast, and then got ready to head to the beach. The weather was perfect and the water was perfect. The water was almost as smooth as the lake. Claudia enjoyed the sand and water. She played all day in the sand. Before we headed down to the beach that morning I caught the weather, and noticed that the rain chances for Saturday had increased from 30% to 60%. With that in mind, we decided to make the most of Friday by staying on the beach as long as possible! We left the beach around 6:45ish and headed up to the pool for about a 15 minute swim. We decided to stay in again for dinner since it was close to Macy's bed time, and we were all exhausted from a day on the beach. Saturday morning we woke up to sunny skies inland, but storms were definitely brewing offshore. We noticed a few strikes of lighting, so we decided to wait it out to see if it would move over/around us by lunch time. We went to the outlets in Sandestin for about about 2 hours, and then headed back to the condo. By that time the weather had cleared, so we grabbed a quick sandwich at the condo, and then headed to the beach. We got about 5 good hours on the beach before heading in to get cleaned up for dinner. Since it was our last night we decided to go to the Back Porch for dinner. Dinner was awesome, as always. We love the Back Porch! Sunday was check out day...we had to be out by 10am. Lawrence and I decided since Claudia had done so well the two previous days on the beach, that after we checked out and got the car loaded, we would go to the pool for a few hours so Claudia could get some pool time. We stayed at the pool for about 3 hours, and then decided to grab some lunch. After lunch we headed back to Auburn. We were sad to leave the beach...we love it down there! Claudia is already talking about going back!!
First Day on the Beach
The Brewers
Lawrence and Claudia
Claudia and Me
Watching the storm on day two
The storm
Lawrence and Derek playing in the waves after the storm moved out
Taking it all in
Derek and Lawrence
Keely and Macy
Lawrence playing the sand with Claudia
The end of day two
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