Well I know this is a bit late but better late than never. Luke is out sick for a couple of days so while he is napping I am taking the opportunity to catch up!
We took Luke on his first trip to our favorite spot-the beautiful beaches of Destin (close by Destin anyway). We stayed in cottage on the beach at Dune Allen Beach. It was perfect! THe house was small and cozy and the back door was literally 100 steps from the water.
I'll post other house pics in a photo album.
The first few days were miserably hot with not even the slightest breeze. Luke was a bit freaked out by the sand and the sound of the waves. But by the middle of the week he was having a great time! THe worst thing about it was lubing him up every time we walked out the door - he hated it! But that was better than a crispy little guy! Here are some of my favorite beach shots!
We buried him and he liked it! Here he is playing with the toys that Aunt Tara and Aunt Becca bought him for his birthday! Unfortunately this shovel (which was his favorite) got washed out to the depths of the ocean! Who knows where it is now! :(
Mark did a lot of fishing while we were there and Luke was quite fond of the fishing rod!
THis was Luke's only defense. When we sprayed him with the water hose he threw his hands up to block the water! We had a little porch to the side of our house. In the evenings when the sun wasn't blazing down on it we would put his bathtub out there and fill it up and let him go! It was awesome!!!
This is the cutest face I have ever seen!!!!
This was so sad! I promise he was not hurting, just scared cuz his finger was stuck! too cute though!
This was at Captain Anderson's. Standing tradition. Mark's dad used to do this to them and he had to do it to Luke!
Everyone has to have that khaki (?sp) and white beach photo and boy did i pick the wrong day for that. This was the best out of the 30 that we got!
Our home for a week - it was wonderful while it lasted but we had to say good-bye! Til next year.....
One perk of Mark's office is that it is on the river. There is a great big porch out back and we were invited to join several of the other members of the firm's families in watching the fireworks. We had a great view! Luke was asleep when we got there but as soon as he heard all the kids he was wide awake and ready for action! John and Carolyn's 2 girls were there and boy did he love that! They carried him around like he was their little dollie. They had the best time together!