Destin Florida Visit

We took our annual road trip to Florida to visit great grandma the week after school got out.  The girls were so good for our very long car ride from Chicago to Destin.  We had a lot of fun visiting the beach by Grandma's and Uncle Bob & Aunt Marty's pool every day.  Great grandma was under the weather while we were there, so we let her rest and we took in the surf, sand and sun.  The girls did get to go to "Build-A-Bear" with great grandma.  We enjoyed our week in Destin and wished we could have stayed all summer.  Here are some fun photos from our vacation.

First day at the beach ... one thought she was a rock star with her "shades" on

Lauren enjoys the beach

Mackenzie poses by the ocean

The girls work on making a sand castle

Once Lauren noticed the sand didn't come off her hands she was not really in for creating a village

Mac loved the waves.  She did get knocked down by one and hit by a second on her way up.  She thought that was awesome.

Running away from the waves

Posers ... they look like they belong on the beach daily

This one was a "forced" pose

Lauren was only putting her toes in ... not a huge fan of the beach

Chris walked her into the water ... she tried to run out after the first wave hit

Taking a break from the water

We got them miniture "Sprite Zero" cans ... last time they will have soda for awhile

Thought this was such a cute pose of their little buns in suits

Lauren steps on the pedal to "Stuff" her bear.

Lauren squeezes her Bear to make sure it's soft enough

Mackenzie steps on the pedal to "Stuff" her bear

Mac squeezes her bear to make sure it's soft enough

The girls pick out a "heart" to put in their bear

They "KISS" the heart before putting it inside - to let the bear know it's loved!

They tap their "TOE" with the heart before putting it inside - to let the bear know it's "Toe-tally" awesome!

They put their heart inside the bear and it gets sewn up

Lauren with her finished bear ... time to shop for clothes and name this bear - Leah

Mac with her finished bear ... time to shop for clothes and name this bear - Haley

The Mertins Girls at the pool - thank Uncle Bob & Aunt Marty

Mac and Lo share the raft

Lauren tries to jump ship - she cannot swim in 4 1/2 feet water?

Hugging each other - this is the fuel for the fire to start a little argument

Ahh Ha! "Don't touch me Lauren!" and a shove to the head.

Lauren just liked to float around the pool on the raft or the tube

Chris and Lauren pose for a picture

Does this kid look like she is on vacation, or what?

Mac swam along the wall of the pool ... she has "self-taught" herself to put her face in and swim

Just needs a lesson for technique now!

After a long underwater swim ... posing for a picture

Step 1: put the tube around my waist

Step 2: jump out into the pool

Step 3: take the plunge and make a big splash

Uncle Bob brought us all ice cream cones for a after swim snack.  Lauren LIVES for snacks!

Mac really worked up an appetite for a snack

At the end of day ... they were tired and ready for bed!