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Title : What's Hap-pinning Wednesday: Destin Recap {Days 1-3}
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What's Hap-pinning Wednesday: Destin Recap {Days 1-3}
We had a wonderful time on our recent trip to Destin, Florida! Brandon and I had been planning this trip since last summer and had been looking forward to it for so long. His parents caught wind of our trip in the winter, and they decided it would be fun to take a family trip, so they booked a condo right next door to our hotel and invited Brandon's two brothers, their wives and kids and it was just a big ol' family affair.A few things: we flew there because A) Brandon travels so much for work that we are able to use his miles, and we look at that as our reward for him being gone 65-ish days out of the year and B) I wasn't sitting in a car with my car-hating kids for 10+ hours. So there's that! Ha!
We stayed at the Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa and it was great! It was so family-friendly and the boys just had a ball. Again, we stayed here and not in the condo with family because A) We had already booked it last summer for July 4th weekend way before Brandon's family decided to tag along and B) We were able to use Brandon's bukoos of hotel points since he travels so much. So there's also that! ;)
So here's the recap from days 1-3. I'll be back with days 4-6 tomorrow!
\\ SATURDAY:
This was both of our boys' first-ever flights, so we got to the airport a little early to ensure we had enough time to let them see all of the fun {to them} things: the baggage being taken back, the moving sidewalks, the Skylink train inside the airport, planes taking off, etc. We got our stuff checked in and fed them in the Admirals Club {and let Walker have his very first Shirley Temple} before taking the worst flight of our lives. I could go on and on about how awful it was, but let's just say that Brandon has already contacted the airline's customer relations department about the terrible flight attendants and the way we {and many other passengers} were treated on that flight. But I'm not letting that ruin our experience!
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| My top is from Francesca's {sold out} and my shorts are here |
We made it to Destin, rented our car and carseats and made a beeline to the resort. We were upgraded to an awesome family suite with a beautiful view of the Gulf of Mexico...and I couldn't believe how white the sand was and how clear the water was! It was just beautiful!
We were all starving by this point, so we had dinner al fresco at one of the hotel's restaurants, Barefoot, where I immediately ordered a delicious adult beverage. It was delicious!
Then, we ventured out onto the beach! I was really unsure how the boys would react after traveling all day, skipping their afternoon naps and experiencing the beach for the first time, but they loved it! Knox, quite literally, dove right in and we had to watch him like a hawk to ensure he didn't just crawl right into the ocean. Walker was a bit more hesitant at first, but he grew to love the ocean as the week went on and would just beg us first thing each morning to "get out to the beach."
\\ SUNDAY:
Beach day! We woke up to another beautiful day in Destin, and I was so thankful that we had gorgeous weather to enjoy. We had breakfast at the hotel and let the boys play for a bit.
Knox still takes a morning nap, so Brandon took Walker down to the beach to play and I came down with Knox later. Brandon's family was down at the beach, too, and I know Walker enjoyed getting to spend time with his cousins.
We came back to the hotel around lunchtime, ate lunch at the beachside restaurant and got the boys down for a nap. Then, Brandon and I enjoyed a glass of wine on our room's balcony while they slept. It was a great two hours to spend with just us with this gorgeous view:
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| Walker's hat is here, rash guard is here and bottoms are here |
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| Knox's hat is here, rash guard is here and bottoms are here |
That night, my mother-in-law requested sunset family photos on the beach, so we ate dinner with them at their condo and then all went down to the beach to take those.
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| Brandon's shirt is here and shorts are here My dress is old from Old Navy and shoes are old from Target Walker's shirt is from the Snips & Snails Facebook group; shorts are here; and shoes are here Knox's bubble is from the Snips & Snails Facebook group and shoes are here |
\\ MONDAY:
Yet another gorgeous day in Destin! Brandon took Walker down to the beach again in the morning while Knox took a nap, and then he and I met everyone down at the beach later that morning.
After lots of beach time, we got cleaned up and had lunch at an indoor restaurant at the hotel, got the boys down for naps and took naps ourselves. There is nothing like a good nap, but especially a good vacation nap!
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| Walker's hat was a gift shop special after he lost his; we kept calling him "Panama Jack!" But his rash guard is here and bottoms are here |
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| My swimsuit is here and hat is here; Knox's hat is here and rash guard is here |
Monday was actually my mother-in-law's birthday, so we went over to their condo to have dinner with them. I ordered a cake from Publix via phone before we left Texas and had my brother-in-law pick it up for me on Monday evening.
After dinner, we all went down to the beach to let the kids play in the ocean for a bit before bedtime.
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| Knox's bottoms are here; Walker's are here; Brandon's are old J.Crew and his Texas hat is from a store in Waco |
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| Knox's bottoms are here and Walker's are here |
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| Walker's bottoms here; Knox's bottoms here |
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