Destin, FL

Just returned from an incredible week at the beach in Destin, FL, a place we love going to. We decided this year to go with mom, dad, Mary, and John to go with us. We had the best time. We were incredibly LAZY to say the least and enjoyed every minute of it. Our day consisted of sleeping in, Doug cooking us all breakfast, laying out/swimming in the ocean, lunch, laying out/swimming at the pool, dinner, and then John bartending for us and relaxing at the condo at night. Doug was our chef and John was the bartender. We stayed at the Silver Shells Beach Resort and Spa and had a great condo. Our elevator opened up into our foyer so we had our own personal elevator too. The resort was huge and had an awesome swimming pool. There were NO SIGHT of tar balls of oil anywhere to be found on the beach just a bunch of YUCKY and SMELLY seaweed. You just had to hold your nose and swim right through it. We had some great seafood and enjoyed every single minute of our beach trip. Can't wait to go back next year. We are already planning it!

Now for an overload of pictures!  

The view from our room

The awesome HUGE pool

Mom and Dad doing what they do best - Reading 

Our ocean view from my chair

My theme song for the week was "Toes" by Zac Brown Band

"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand

Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand

Life is good today. Life is good today." 

Our first night at Louisiana Lagniappe

Mary calls it "Louisiana Landpole" 

This is what happens when you let Mary take your picture

and she is not use to your camera 

Mary and John waiting to eat at Crab Trapp

Our wait was an hour so we started taking pictures of ourselves

This is a tradition for Doug to eat almost 2lbs of crab legs at the Crab Trapp 

The aftermath of Doug's crab claws 

We played putt-putt golf at The Track 

Dad, the golf pro, showing us all how to putt.

Dad ended up winning and I finished next to last!  

Doug made a HOLE in ONE 

And so did Mom 

The Wii traveled with us to Destin

and Doug played MarioKart all night long 

The aftermath of Doug's and Dad's steamed shrimp (with heads) at Harry T's

Mary and John at Red Bar in Grayton Beach.

The best place to eat at!!! 

Doug and I at Old Bay Steamer in Fort Walton Beach.

This was recommended to us by the waiter at Red Bar. VERY GOOD!  

Mary tried steamed shrimp and crab legs for the first time

Mary and John's steamed shrimp got into a battle at dinner.

Look how big those shrimp are!

We are looking forward to next year's trip to Destin and I'm sure I will have more pictures to show!

Tomatoes and Green Peppers

We have decided to plant a garden this year. Doug's grandfather is a very good gardener and he encouraged us to try one this year. So we did and we have 12 green pepper plants and 12 tomato plants. I hope they last long so we can enjoy them! I can't wait for some delicious tomatoes. I don't care for green peppers. If the garden works and lasts all summer, then I guess we will be trying to grow more next year. Doug's dad has already requested some more plants for us to plant. So I guess it will be a garden for everyone!

Here are a few pictures of our garden!

Green Pepper plants

Tomato Plants

First green pepper

Little itty bitty tomato

Doug watering the garden!

HAPPY GARDENING!!!!

Red-Neck Swimming Pool

Since I will be here in 3 weeks, soaking up the beautiful sun in Destin, FL I decided to get some sun before I go and not get burnt while I'm there.

I invested in what Doug likes to call "a red-neck swimming pool." So let me introduce to you my inflatable swimming pool.

Since I don't have a real swimming pool and Doug will not invest in one in our HUGE backyard, I decided to buy a $13 inflatable swimming pool. Yes, I'm a dork but hey it's summer and why not?!?

I laid out today and this is what Ellie Mae did to me while I was out there.  

I guess she was embarrassed of my inflatable swimming pool. I just like to think that it was the fact that it was 90 degrees outside and she was directly underneath the fan. Oh well! I guess I have embarrassed my dog and my husband!

So cheers to a GREAT SUMMER!

Mother's Day Weekend

We had a great Mother's Day weekend! Nic, Kim, Ross, and Kalyn made a suprise trip in and we grilled out hamburgers and hotdogs on Saturday at our house. Ross wanted to play baseball all day and the weather was so perfect for it! We stayed outside all day and had a great visit. On Sunday, we ate lunch with my family and went to the GumTree festival, an annual tradition with us. All in all it was a great weekend. I forgot my camera on Sunday so no pictures from that. Here are a few pictures from Saturday's baseball day!

Kalyn got a hold of some oreos and LOVED them!

Papaw and Ross

Doug and Ross getting ready to play baseball

Kim and Kalyn chilling on the back porch

Nic and Steve playing baseball

Ross waiting to catch the ball from Doug.

Ross would run away from it!

Hilarious!

My cutest baseball player I know!

Catching the ball

Ross got dirt in between his toes and it bothered him

so we had to get them cleaned before we played again

Licking the dirt out between his toes!

Kalyn and Aunt Kara

Lots of Rock

We have a ditch beside our house that is basically a huge mud hole when it rains. All the kids in the neighborhood like to ride their 4wheelers and golf carts through the ditch and sometimes through our yard. We will even catch kids playing in the ditch with good clothes on. YUCK! So to stop this mud riding through the ditch, "mean" Doug decided to order some rock to fill the ditch. Well Doug ordered 24 tons of rock and his plan was to put out all the rock by himself this weekend. I thought he was crazy and should have rented a big machine to move the rock in the ditch instead of killing himself by doing it all alone. Well look what happened when I walked outside Saturday morning to see his progress.

24 tons of rock

The neighborhood kids showed up and decided to pitch in on the help

Then the boys wanted to climb on the rock hill

So Doug had enough of that and also the kids were getting bored after a while so our neighbor, Chris, decided to offer his tractor. Whew, we were definately greatful for his assistance.

So the boys had to sit back and watch

Look how much rock we STILL have left. Ugh! We are trying to offer it to our neighbors.

But the ditch sure looks good!

Tulips Tulips Everywhere

I love spring because that means Tulips start blooming. One of my favorite flowers is a tulip. They are so pretty in every color they come in. I love going to Oxford around the Lyceum and seeing all the gorgeous tulips they have there. Well I wanted to plant some in my flower beds so last fall I did and I was so anxious to see if they would come up this year. And guess what, THEY DID and are in full bloom! Here are a few pictures!

Red Tulips

More Tulips

All colors of Tulips

My favorite color Tulip, pink!