Monday, July 28, 2008

Destin Florida 2008

The end of July found us back in beautiful Destin Florida for the yearly family beach trip. This was not Mary Anna’s first trip to the beach but last year she was only 4 months old so she spent most of the time in the condo instead of on the beach. Instead of making her sit in her car seat for 7 hours Mary Anna got to have her first plane ride where she did great both ways – it did help on the way back that we had the row to ourselves leaving room to spread out. After hearing stories from other moms about how their child did not like the sand I was not sure what to expect but as you can see in the pictures below Mary Anna loved the sand and even the ocean. Of course it would have been better if the jelly fish where not around and the waves so big but we did get some time in the ocean.



What a life sitting on the beach being feed blue berries!

Dinner at one of our favorite spots - The Back Porch.









Having some breakfast before hitting the beach.

The following are several beach pictures and a video.


It was a great trip but we are both glad to be back home and look forward to next year!

Thursday, July 17, 2008

July 4th in Searcy






This fourth Mary Anna and I went to visit the great-grandmothers in Searcy AR. Uncle David, Aunt Karen and cousin Kelly came from Knoxville for the weekend - it was the first time that they had seen Mary Anna. We had fun playing on the swing set in the back yard and just hanging out with family.