Florida: Day 6

Well, day 6 in Florida brought a terrible rash for poor Miss P & Mitchel & I were a tad toasted in a few places, so we opted for a day of shopping, eating, & relaxing. Not that we hadn't been relaxing.... just different.

We shopped at an outdoor mall, and these were right smack in the middle of the center it.

We almost brought one home.

I would have named him Squirt.

Or Franklin. 

Someone told me once we were home that they smell bad.

Guess I'm glad I didn't bring another smelly pet home.

I guess...

Still looking at those darn, cute turtles.

I didn't want to have to clean the aquarium...

Lazy, or smart??

Good thing we had that stroller!

She was really good. Just wanted to walk.

"My have a kids cup." "Wif a wid & a staw."

She would order that every place we went.

Said it right to the waiters. Cracked me up.

Half the time they wouldn't hear her. Made me sad for her.

So, I would order one louder, and in more understandable english:).

She was happy.

No, that wasn't all for her. Although, she may have thought it was...

By the way....that was lunch at Johnny Rockets.

Shopping at a seafood market. Yes, it smells exactly like you'd think.

We decided to grill out that night, so we wanted something GOOD.

We bought some AMBERjack:).

Mitchel asked the lady if it would be good grilled.

She said, it's one of the best one's to grill.

And I said, of course it is. Silly Mitchel...

And...he did an awesome job. Even the kids loved it that night.

Mmmm....

Beach pictures were taken after dinner, as a storm tried to roll in.

We succeeded though.

Here are the Dobberstein's.

Good friends.

Well, it's a little far off, but it's all of us.

Mitchel made sure to show off my belly by making his hand HUGE on it.

Thanks.

But at least we know Mr. Tucker was there too.

It was pretty comical trying to get this picture too, with all the kids.

After pictures on the beach, we changed & headed to the pier.

Mitchel LOVES to deep sea fish & didn't get to go this year, so he settled for some pier fishing.

I don't know why, but I love piers. Something about being surrounded by the ocean on dry land:).

Parker got a big kick out of it. Then Mitchel let her help him.

He's a good daddy.

She kept saying, "Parker fish. Daddy fish. Mama, noooo."

Guess she wanted to rub it in:).

We headed back to the beach house, because of how late it was, but Mitchel headed back to catch a big one.

This was the only "big" one he caught. He used it for bait, but took a picture for Parker first.

She wasn't very impressed:).

Poor Mitchel. I'm proud of you!! Thanks for not making us eat it...

And, the next post will be the last Florida post.

We've almost done it!

Florida: Days 4 & 5

Day 4...back to the beach:).

Just another nice, sunny, happy day.

Out to fetch some water for a sand castle...

that Parker & Skylar kept knocking down.

Poor Mitchel...

Ha!

She keeps looking for those sunglasses now that we're home.

We were out in the ocean that day, and she chunked them in the water.

The one with big waves. Grr.

Mitchel searched for a while for them, but gave up, because of THE WAVES.

Oh well. (yes, Kylie, those were the one's you gave her...)

My favorite picture.

Parker & Skylar.

Sweet.

Mikah....a self proclaimed "dead mermaid."

Cracked me up.

And see her smile? She didn't stop the whole time she was getting buried.

That night was just us with Miss P. We went to Chick Fil A (woo-hoo!) & then to this ice cream place: Shakes. Yep. Good stuff.

Think she liked it?:)

Day 5, was more of the same. Beach fun.

Another favorite picture.

I love that kid.

Hmm...

She wasn't supposed to throw sand....

I was obviously very concerned.

My boy.

I love that kid too.

A lot.

"Daddy, where'd your 'peet' (feet) go?"

Sweet concern:).

That night, we went to eat with the Dobberstein's.

Parker & Mitchel were ready first, so while I finished, they headed out to play.

Freedom.

She was eating a snack while playing, and dropped ONE goldfish in the sand.

She found out very quickly how much those things are worth in sea gull land.

Apparently they got the rest of them.

We went to dinner at the Crab Trap. Probably my favorite place to eat in Destin.

They're beach side. The windows in the restaurant are like garage doors that get rolled open each day, so you sit in the open ocean wind. Ah.

Good food too.

Another reason to like this place. 

You can take a stroll on the beach before or after your dinner.

So pretty.

Back side of the restaurant, at night. Obviously...hehe.

Alright! 5 days down...2 to go....I think:).

Florida...Part 3

Getting tired of Florida yet?:) Well, we're getting there...sort of. Day 3 (Monday) we spent the day just hanging out, thanks to Claudette (the tropical storm). We woke up, read some good books, then headed out to our favorite place to eat in Destin....okay, one of our favorites:)....the Donut Hole. Oh...I want one.

Me & the girls, reading one of my favorites....aren't I enjoying myself?

"The Monster at the End of this Book" (it's Grover)

At the Donut Hole, picking out what I want. I always stand there looking at all of them, like I don't know what I want. But then I always get the same thing...along with a few others...a powdered sugar donut filled with chocolate. A chocolate dream angel. Mitchel says it's way too sweet & orders his blueberry donut. Parker liked it though, so...obviously, he's wrong:).

See?:)

After we got back, the rain had slowed, and was just coming & going, so we headed out for a walk on the beach. The birds were out, the wind was blowing, and the waves were big. Very peaceful.

That night we had dinner with the Dobberstein's at Fuddpuckers. They have live alligators outside. And the food was pretty good too. The kids had fun....once the food came. All the adults watched the tv over our shoulder that kept playing all these old music videos. We laughed at the songs some of us knew...

Skylar & Parker peeking at the alligators.

Or in Parker's words: "agg-igators."

Ew. Apparently they're eating raw meat.

They thought it was very cool.

The Dobberstein's.

The Mershawn's.

The "yiddle geels" (little girls).

Um...

Turned out to be a fun day. Nice try Claudette, but we made our own fun:).

Parker, Skylar, & Mikah each left this place with one of those toys with an alligator head on a stick that you make the mouth move. Does that make any sense?? Hmm...oh well. It was note worthy, because they were all very possessive of their "agg-igators" for the rest of the week. Happy times.