Destin, FL 2009

Kraig, Lauren and I spent this past week on vacation in Destin, Florida. This was Lauren and my first time to stay in Destin. We had a blast! Every morning Lauren woke up saying "I wanna go swimmin". There are lots of photos below but how do you narrow down to 5-10 photos when you have a full weeks worth of fun?!?!?! So enjoy the photos...we had a wonderful time!

We started our week leaving the house at 3:30 a.m. on Saturday thinking Lauren would sleep in the dark. She however didn't sleep until her nap time of 12 noon, but still did awesome! I think she only complained for about 10 seconds 2 times on our whole trip there and back. This is how we stayed entertained.

We watched movies...

We played with balloons after lunch at Chick Fil A...

Then it was nap time...

We made it to Destin after 15 hours (due to traffic in Mobile and Destin). Sunday we went swimming and if you look closely you can see Lauren's face of pure excitement!

Kisses for daddy and mommy...

The 2nd or 3rd day we took Lauren to the beach. She was not a fan of the water, but after a while, she was ok with the sand. :-)

I love this photo...isn't it cute!!! She has had her finger wrapped around her daddy's hand since she was born! One day we will look back on this and cherish the memories we had with her when she was this little. :-)

Having snacks at the pool...

The waterfall that Lauren loved to talk about...

Looking at the pool with her pig tails...

Asking "Where did the Lizard go?"

Kraig played golf one day and accidently took our car keys with him. So Lauren and I rode the tram to pick up our keys. Lauren loved it because she got to be a big girl and sit in a regular seat and wear a regular seat belt!

Putting herself to sleep...twirling her hair like she always does and acting like a big girl with her legs crossed.

We decided to take a bike ride one morning and Lauren was so excited since she got a bike from her Nana and Papaw for her birthday! Thanks for the cute outfit Granny and Papa Barenberg!

Family photo opp in the pool.

Chillin' in Sunglasses from Aunt Kissy...

I got a virgin drink and Lauren wanted to eat the whip cream off the top so she kept dipping the cherry into the drink and helping me drink it. :-)

Family beach photo...

Breakfast after the beach photos...

Our last night at Destin we ate dinner at Finz which was an awesome restaurant! Lauren loved to color and look out at the beach, birds, etc. :-) She really did amazingly well this week and we are so proud of her! I think she is going to be disappointed when she realizes we don't have a pool at home! :-(

Last night at Destin.

Someone was so good, she got a sucker on the way home.