My friends Julie and Matt graciously let us use their beach home this summer, and we weren't going to pass up on such a generous offer- especially because I needed a vactation. We worried the oil might keep us from going, but the oil wasn't a problem- Hurrican Alex was! We went despite what the news was reporting on the oil spill. In fact, the oil wasn't much of a problem; we didn't even realize there was oil in the water and on the beach until Wednesday. And, I would have rather had to deal with oil than the rainy, overcast weather brought on by the hurricane.
Either way, I can't complain. We had a gorgeous place to stay, and we did have three beautiful sunny days. We also didn't let the rain get us down. We took the kids to the beach anyways. Of course, we had to cut our beach time short several days due to weather, but the kids swam in the pool and enjoyed Sandestin's playgrounds anyways. I think they had the most fun playing on the playground in the rain because they (especially Gabe) got some serious air time on the slides.
It was an extremely relaxing vacation. I read a book, took a couple of naps, exercised with Amy, ate well, shopped with Amy, played cards, and watched a lot of interesting tv. Did anyone know there is actually a show called "I Was Pregnant But Didn't Know It"? Phillip and Jonathan got to play golf twice, and the kids got to play with their DS's and watch tv without hearing us complain about too much tv or video game time.
All in all, it was a wonderful vacation, and though we didn't come back with tans, we did come back with a new hermit crab whose name is Mario and Luigi! Thanks again, Julie and Matt for letting us use your home; we all need to go together sometime perferably not during hurricane season! ha ha
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Sounds like fun, even with all the rain!
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