Our First Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation together a few weeks ago! We drove to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, where we played on the beach for a few days and explored the town. We left on a Saturday and drove to Tupelo, MS, where we stayed the night. This was the girl's first hotel stay and they thought it was really neat! We finished our drive to Fort Walton Beach on Sunday and played on the beach for a short while after we arrived. It rained some during the week, we did some sight-seeing around Fort Walton Beach and Destin. Other than that, we just hung out on the beach. The girls loved playing in the sand and on the last day Molly really began to like playing in the ocean. Lucy much preferred the sand to the ocean. We took two days to drive home, too, which seemed to work well for us. We stayed in West Memphis, AR, our last night and the girls were thrilled that we got to eat at a Perkins for dinner! It was fun to go on vacation, but fun to be home, too!

Getting ready to head out!

It's hard to do a car selfie when kids are strapped into a car seat!

Lucy was so excited to wear her backpack and roll her suitcase into the hotel! 

So sweet!

Relaxing in the hotel.

Molly made herself right at home!

Lucy was so excited to sleep in her bed at the hotel! This is the toddler blow-up bed that Ross' parents have at their house. We borrowed it for our vacation. Lucy started off the night in her bed, but ended up in my bed with me before the night was over. 

Breakfast at the hotel!

This is the front side of our condo. We were on the top level in the middle and had our own assigned parking spot, too. It was a very nice, quiet condo right on the beach.

First views of the ocean!

First time playing on the beach!

View from our part of the beach.

Our room was the top, middle. It was a great location with a great view.

This was the only family picture we got while on vacation...well the only family picture that wasn't a selfie!

It rained on Monday so we stopped by the Eglin Air Force Museum to look at the neat fighter planes.

Ross appropriately wore his Top Gun shirt to the museum. :)

Molly loved making sand angels.

Lucy standing with "sand trees." For whatever reason, she called palm trees sand  trees.

All ready to hit the beach!

Ready for the long trip home!

Oh no! What happened to Lucy and Molly?!

Sometime along the drive we looked back to see that Molly had started taking off her dress while in her car seat. Molly is so silly. 

These pigs are the best. Both girls got one when we went souvenir shopping one day. They are so funny, too. When you squeeze them they make an oinking noise and they are just hilarious. 

Perkins for dinner!!

Picnic lunch outside of McDonald's. Next stop, home!