This year was our first ever Martin family beach vacation. We went to Fort Walton Beach, Ocaloosa Island in Florida. I can pretty much sum up the trip by saying it was amazing, however here are a few of the details that made it amazing (including food, surf, and fun)...1. Dewey Destin is the BEST new place for seafood. We went for lunch (great idea with kids). Breezey patio lunch on the marina watching boats come and go. Kids were plenty entertained and the Mahi Mahi parmesan was to die for. Yes, mahi mahi parmesan. Who would have thought?
2. Amazing that you can put on 45/50 spf everyday all day and still get a tan. We never saw a cloud in the sky.
3. Ryan thought the swimming pool was soooooo cool.
4. You can get the Braves on TV at the beach. Had to watch some and they won!
5. You can do without Thomas trains for a week.
6. They first AM we woke up and Chase went to the balcony and said "where's the people". He is such a people person. He ran to the window when a few folk finally decided to arise and emerge onto the beach and said "there's the people, mommy." He did this several times while at the beach.
7. The first night on the beach we enjoyed dinner on the pier and saw the full moon rising over the pier. So pretty!
8. Ryan and Chase slept together for the first time and did great. They were adoreable.
9. When we came out onto the beach for the first time Ryan said "look at all that snow." Ahhh..."that's sand babe." WOW!
10. For the first time ever Ryan had no fear and Chase was more than skeptical about the beach.
11. We tried an Irish Pub, McQuires, for lunch one day because of all the good things we have heard. Amazing 3/4 lb. burger. I have been seeing this place for years and never knew.
12. One night we went to the Back Porch for dinner. Thank the good Lord for beach access to a playground for the kids. We sat right on the window and felt a nice ocean breeze while enjoying some fried shrimps. ummm....
13. Staying out on the beach till after 7:00 and then hitting the pool....ah. Afterwards we went for a "late" dinner at the Tiquana Flatts Burrito Bar. Either I was hungry or this was the best burrito I have ever had.
14. Not so great....sporting around on the beach in a maternity bathing suite. There is no way to look good in it. HOWEVER, you can eat and drink as much as you want and no one knows you are bloated.
15. Darryl enjoyed catching red snapper but was sad that it was not red snapper season.
16. We went to Stone Cold Creamry for ice cream one night. Oh so good.
17. They minivan was an awesome, hauling machine.
18. I loved watching Chase play with the sand toys under the umbrella.
19. Ryan's feet rarely hit the sand when he was on the beach. He ran about 3 miles a day. Up and the down the beach, back and forth. Jumping over and into waves. Kid was absolutely exhausted at night.
Okay, so admittedly a lot of my ah-ha moments involve some kind of food, but that is to be expected when you are eating for two.
Ryan's pic on the beach, on the balcony, and with his "funny hair".
Boys dressed up for Mom for mother's Day. We went to Cafe Italia. Yummy!
Daddy went fishing one day and here we are eating Daddy's fresh catch...snapper. Yummy!
We had to tune into the Braves one night and luckily they won by a lot!! Go Kelly Johnson. We spent an hour playing baseball on the beach the next day. Kid is crazy about it.
3 comments:
Thanks for the restaurant report!! Glad you had fun!
Hey, who is the big fat body in the red shorts...oh wait, that's me
I love the beach pics...Makes me miss the beach (one of my favorite places in the world!); but it makes me miss you guys even more! I recognized the fat fatty in the red shorts!HAHA And I must say Kristi is the cutest little pregnant beach babe I've seen!
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