Seeing The Beach and Ocean

We took our first real vacation as a family of five last weekend to Destin/Fort Walton, Florida.  We live so close now (literally less than 3 hours away); its hard to believe we've been residents here for 9 months already.  

Noah was very excited to see the ocean and play in the sand on the beach…what isn't he eager to do?!  He loved (trying to) ride the waves, finding sea shells and staying in the hotel.  

We opted for only 2 nights away and crammed everything we could into our time in Destin including half a day at Big Kahuna's water park, lots of fried seafood, ice cream and a Mother's Day breakfast at The Donut Hole.  We spent less than $500 total and since we do live so close now we promised the kids we can go back again later this summer.  It was really special to have a weekend together and experience more firsts with Noah.