Florida~ Early Week

The Durham Family

The Fam...
Mommy and Babies
Daddy and the Durham Darlings...
Heading home...gotta stop by the Donut Hole...a tradition...Note the powdered bavarian cream donut in my hand, I've ended every trip the same way since I was about 10 years old....;)

Dolphin's at the Gulfarium

Elaina and Abbie at the Seal Show
Aubrie at the Seal Show -- yes, she was crying...time to exit the stroller
Swimming in the ocean...Aubrie's favorite!
Mom and the Girls

Abbie Grace

Aubrie Faith
Daddy and his girls, Walking into the Sunset
Exhausted before dinner
Daddy and Aubrie at the Gulfarium

Family Portrait

Abbie's Sand Castle
Beach Baby

Walking in the Water

Aubrie and Mommy

Abbie Grace, Destin June 2008

Underwater Mermaid

Under the Table and Dreaming...

At the Destin Commons Fountain

Ella & Abbie
Ella and a very wet Abbie Grace
Super Powers Activate...

Fishgirl in a Barrel




At the top of Joe's Crab Shack Playground
The Mom's
Goofy Girls
Is it nap time yet?

So I am aware that I am shamefully behind in my blogging. June was a hectic month at our house but we are back in the normal groove now and I hope to update the blog accordingly. As you can tell by the post title, we have been to Florida. Oh, how I miss the beach already. I am trying to swing a trip back in August but we'll just have to wait and see about that... The trip down to Destin was great. The kids were wonderful in the car which was a blessing (thanks in large part to having Little Einstein DVD's for Brie and Alvin and the Chimpmunks for Abbie). We stopped a couple of times for them to get out and run around and still managed to make it there in time for dinner at Joe's Crab Shack the first night. Our friends the Pengelly's came down with us and we really enjoyed our time with them. The girls played well together and we had the chance to have a lot of fun with Lee and Melody. In case anyone was wondering, Lee is a fabulous griller...in fact, he might qualify as a grill master but that's another story. We spent our days hanging out at the pool and spent some time at the beach as well. The weather was absolutely perfect all week and we all took full advantage. Abbie came a long way with her swimming...from being timid with the water to jumping in all by herself (still with floaties) and getting her head all the way under the water. Huge step for her... We went to Destin Commons and ate at Hard Rock and then played in the fountain and on the playground there. Abbie loves running around there! We also did a day at the Gulfarium with Ken and Becky Simon and crew. We had so much fun with them!! Aubrie has perfected the art of crawling now and started standing up while holding onto furniture while we were at the condo. She explored every inch of the floor including the area beside and behind the couch...she's so quick, she'd get into a tight spot before I could get to her... The girls also loved being in the ocean which really surprised me, especially with Aubrie. She LOVED the ocean. Abbie was not so into the ocean at the start of the week but by the end of the week she was diggin being in the waves and floating... Early in the week we were out in the ocean and saw the huge fish in the video. I promise it was bigger than my head~ it was HUGE In all the years I've done a Flordia trip, I've never seen a fish like this that was this big up by the beach. He was just content to swim around and hang out with the people in the water. Wild!!

There's just nothing like a Florida vacation...Hope you all enjoy the pictures and Video!!