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!