Florida - Tuesday beach bums

All week we had been plagued by greenish water with tons of seaweed in it.  Tuesday morning we awoke to this clean water, though, and were beyond happy.

These two beach bums were all smiles and so were we.  I worked out early that morning with Hayley then came home and made cinnamon rolls, bacon and eggs.  It was the perfect way to start our fun beach day.



There was more ladder ball...



and digging holes with friends.  I noticed a few little boys that looked close in age to Jackson.  Their parents were sitting right next to us on the beach and so we started chatting.  Turns out two of their boys were ages 6 and 7.  The one to the left of Jackson is 6 years old, plays first base and lives in Frisco.  Perfect!  I was so excited for Jackson to have some boys his age to play with!

By late afternoon, the sun was hiding behind the clouds, which was just fine with us.  It felt awesome!

Taylor was such a trooper and took all three big girls boogie boarding until they had their fill.  Thanks, girl!  The current was really strong that afternoon, so they were fighting against it and the big waves.  Thank goodness we didn't lose a child out to sea:)

J man played some more frisbee with his dad.

And even though he's right-handed and throws a baseball and football right-handed, he throws a frisbee left-handed.  Go figure.  It seemed to work out just fine for him, though!

It didn't take much coaxing to get everyone off the beach and into the showers that night.  Why?  We were headed to one of our very favorite restaurants in Destin.  The Back Porch!!

It worked out perfectly for all of us.  The 10 adults got a table to ourselves, while the kids got their own table.  Genius.

I'm sure these two lovebirds enjoyed it being a litttle less chaotic...

as did the newlyweds:)

The Grandparent crew got the best deal of all with this beautiful window table overlooking the ocean.

I think everyone had a great time.  We walked out that night to music by the Beach Boys--Surfin' USA.  Lila started gettin' down and was cracking everyone up.  Maybe she really is a surfer girl at heart.