Santa Rosa Beach

We are past Sandestin at a place called Santa Rosa Beach. It is beautiful! Tropical Storm Eduardo has got the ocean acting up and the Rip Tides have been so bad that we have had a couple of days with Double Red Flags, which means do not get in the ocean. They have had several drownings! We do fine laying out and building sandcastles. Today looks like we may be able to swim, though! Our condo is beyond beautiful and the weather is great! Laci is swimming like crazy. She is the queen of the dogpaddle!!! She can go under and swim but has to hold her nose. She is just like her momma!!!! Who needs swim lessons when there is peer pressure? Here are a few pictures from the first couple of days!


Laci, me, Uncle Wes and Aunt Sarah
Megan just chilling on the beach!!! She put in a good 4 hours yesterday!!!!

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity

Tonight we went back the The Track and this time I remembered my camera! And, it semi-worked! Megan rode the swings again. I will post some pics of her riding but the video is too fast and would make you dizzy watching it. Then, Laci got back on the go cart!! She was awesome. She could literally walk under the sign of how tall you had to be to drive them. Thank goodness for the volume in her hair because that is what touched the sign and allowed her to be tall enough. She got in her car, barely reaching the gas, and took off. She drove like a champ. Watch out Danica! Passing on the inside, bump drafting, etc. We were so proud. I must say, however, the most proud was when Brad yelled, "that a girl Lace! put her in the wall!" way to go dad! Anyway, here are the pics and a video!! We are heading out for Destin tomorrow. So, I'll post again when I can!

Megan would rock back and forth and say faster, faster!!! She saw the Merry-go-round and said HORSE, RIDE IT! It wasn't working tonight or she could have done that!

This video took forever to download. There is another, but I would still be sitting here tomorrow if I tried to download it!

Laci's on the website!!!!

I was checking on the Dillard's website because I knew they were putting the Back To School posters up and thought it might be on there. And...it was!!!! This is Laci and a girl from Dallas. It is in the stores and now on the website. To see it on the website go to www.dillards.com. Click on children's, then scroll down and where it says Shop By Brand, click on More... Go down and click on the Forever Orchid brand. There should be this picture!!! YEAH!!!!!! If you are in a Dillard's store anywhere, see if you can see her!!! She is in this one and a Hannah Montana one!

Ups and Downs

Today was a day full of ups and downs. To start off, the whole group (besides Me and Meg) went on a boat ride where they catch shrimp and you get to pick it up and play with it! It was supposed to be amazing! However, it was shortened by rain and lightening! Here are a couple of pics before the rain!

I am having camera problems also. While they were gone and just before the rain, Megan and I went to the beach! I took my camera and we had 2 problems. It took like 20 minutes for my camera to quit fogging up!!! I have the defog spray and I wiped it down, but something is wrong and it fogs up inside. Anyway, by the time I was ready to photograph Megan she was not interested and would not smile or even look at me! So, here is what I got!!!

Then, we went to the beach, all 16 of us, to take pictures in our white cloths. We got on the beach and my camera, it's a piece. By the time it quite fogging up, everyone was heading up stairs. I got a couple of pics so here they are!
This is Brad and his mom.

Interesting day!

Today was a little different day than usual. This morning instead of heading to the beach, Brad and I played 30 minutes of Racketball and 30 minutes of tennis. It was fun and we got a good sweat going on. Then, we got the girls (they were with mimi and granddad) and headed for the beach (after a quick stop by the pool). About 30 minutes after arriving, the darkest cloud rolled in and it grew almost chilly. We packed up and headed inside, just in the nick of time. The rain came pouring! We got to our room, washed the sand off and put Megan to bed. By that time the sun was shining brighter than it has all week. It was hot and the beach was full! I decided I'd let this "prime sun time" pass and enjoy relaxing in my room. Brad and Laci went to the grocery store and I put Meg to bed and curled up on the deck and read. It was awesome! A little later in the afternoon, we headed to the beach and pool and we got plenty of sun. Here are a few pics.

Laci getting braver!!! The waves got pretty rough this afternoon and she did great!!! My beautiful Laci, growing up way too fast! She's learning some lessons this week! You'll read more about that later!!!! At night, some of Mr. Bruce's family came in and we ate in the pavillion by the pool. There was a grassy area and the girl's had a blast running and playing. Laci is having a hard time as all of the girls want to play with Meg because she is the smallest. Laci gets on the nerves of the 10 and 6 year olds because she is younger. But, she is too old (she thinks) to play with the 2 and 3 year olds. She is doing okay! It's harder for mom and dad, than her, I think. Here are the girls lined up on the grass! After this picture I spent the next 30 minutes spotting backhandsprings with the girls. I became an instant hit! Laci had a hard time sharing her moma, however!!!!
We also had watermelon! Megan has eaten more in the last two night than I have eaten in the last 2 weeks. She had two ears of corn on the cob tonight. Followed by about 4 slices of watermelon!!!! Needless to say her poop tonight was...large, to say the least!!!!!

Sweet lil Meg!!! She has a personality like no other!!!! Lately, she has added "love you" to list of many sentences!! Funny story...One of Brad's stepbrother-in-laws' name is Todd. In the pool today Megan looked at a random man, pointed and said, "Todd." Kathy said no Meggie, that's not Todd. He said actually I am Todd. He thought she was pretty smart!

Our First Night Out!

Tonight we went out to eat with Kathy and Bruce (Brad's mom and step-dad). We went to a place called The Crab Trap. It was wonderful!!! Here are a few of the pictures we took outside the eating place!





After eating Brad brought Meg and I back to the condo while he and Laci went to play putt-putt and ride go-karts. Brad took the above picture when they were playing!

Day 2 at the Beach!!!