Destin With the McKnight Family 2011

Diana and I have talked about doing a trip out of town with our kids for a couple summers now. Finally this year we DID IT!!!!! We had talked about a couple options for our trip, one of them being Gatlinburg and then Destin,FL. Ean, her son (10yr) has NEVER been to the beach so right then is when we decided we were heading down to FL! Since we were driving so many hours with us and 3 kids we decided we would stay at least 5 nights! The kids were all so good in the car! They were so cute at one point they were all sleeping (very nice and peaceful for Diana and I!!!) and then they would all wake up and have either Ipods playing, DS, and then Rileigh had her daddy's Ipad playing her movies!!!! Diana and I joked about how when we were young we didn't have all of this to keep us entertained when we travel!!!!! I am very thankful for today's technology though cause it does make car rides more enjoyable!!!!!!

We left really early in the morning(3am) so we wouldn't loose a whole day traveling. So glad we did cause we got there around lunch time, had plenty of time to go to the beach and play! On the way down we found this awesome park on the lake, the kids enjoyed that. They got to go play in the water for a few minutes....got them really excited for the beach!!!! We told them to ONLY GET there FEET wet, well of course Kelley and Ean listen but Rileigh....nope! We had to change her whole outfit she got so wet...even her hair was soaked!!!!! LOL Oh well she was having fun, we just laughed about it the whole time!

I am not use to going to the beach right in the middle of summer....man was it packed down there! I remember now why I travel during "off" season! We finally found a spot on the beach that was packed but you felt like you could watch your kids a little better! The waves this time were un-believable for Destin! Of course Ean was having a ball playing in the ocean and riding the waves. On the other hand they were a little strong for Rileigh. She did enjoy staying close to the shore and riding her float in. Problem was the waves were so big they would push you right down into the sand. I think we all came home with sand scratches! Needless to say we had a BLAST! Lot's of great memories! I hope we can do it again in the future!

Here are some pictures from the trip...enjoy!!!!!











And you can't go to the beach without doing some beach pictures!!!!!!














Diana and I: