Destin with Friends

We went to Destin this week for the 2nd time ever. We went with our friends Sheryl & Daniel who were visiting us for the week from Seattle. Alisa loved Sheryl & Daniel! We stayed in a friends' beach house for 2 nights. Alisa enjoyed walking all over the house. She's not used to having so much roaming space since our house is divided into 3 floors. She also enjoyed the pool, sand and warm gulf water.

We bought Alisa an official kid's meal for the 1st time at Fudpucker's (grilled cheese with a huge heap of mandarin oranges) where we ate with Sheryl & Daniel right after we arrived and checked into the house. The restaurant had live baby alligators in an area outside that we watched for a bit before and after lunch. We bought Alisa her 2nd kid's meal at the Hard Rock Cafe (macaroni & cheese with toast) the next day where we ate on the patio with my cousin Steven and his wife Erin (who were vacationing there for the week from Tulsa) since Sheryl & Daniel were hanging out with local friends that day . She got a souvenir cup from each place.

Hanging at the beach house pool:

Begging for food from Sheryl:

Hanging at the beach, which is only 2 blocks from the house:

Back at the beach to watch the sun set and the moon rise (it was soooo big and since Alisa loves the moon, she was soooo thrilled and just said "Moon! Moon! Moon!" over and over again while pointing at it):

At the beach one last time (we headed home right after lunch):

Walking on the nice sandbar with Daddy:

Wearing her new Destin shirt (they didn't have the 18- or 24-month size with the cow picture so I got the 12-month size which is a bit tight...it was only a few dollars and I got it just for her to use as a coverup to lessen her sun exposure so it's fine):

Throwing the ball with Daniel at the pool:

Reading bedtime stories with Sheryl back at home: