Destin, Florida

My family all went to Destin for a Hammer family reunion.  Everyone came except my brother and his wife.  My mom went and picked up his 3 boys so they didn't miss out.  Everyone went for a week but we came down for 3 days.  It was so fun.  

 All the cousins after dinner in Britney and Andy's condo.  Each night one of siblings and my parents made dinner and it worked out great.  The traffic was so bad it would have taken forever to go out to eat every night.  To get to the grocery store, which was only 6 miles away took over an hour.

 On the14th floor of our condo overlooking the golf course.

 The water was so warm and turquoise.  While we lived in California the beach was never this nice.  The water was 50 degrees and the sand was so rocky.

 The best sand in the world we were told.  It was white sand and we didn't have to walk that far.

 Our condo provided these cards and you had to go early in the morning and wait in line. They set up these umbrellas and chairs everyday and all we had to do was reserve it with a card.

 Mine and Paige's footprints in the sand.

 The water would come up high enough to fill this hole up.  Paige said she wanted to go in the little water.  She loved it.  At first she didn't like the ocean but she warmed up to it and even body surfed with me and Taylor.

 My dad and Taylor were out in the water early one morning and found this crab deep in the sand.  My dad dived deep to get it.  Hilarious to watch.

 Callie and Madelyn had the best time together.  They were never apart.  Such good friends and cousins.

 My nephews playing in the water.

 Grandma and Paige.  Who knows what was wrong?

 From our balcony.

 Eating dinner in my parents condo one night.  My Dad being goofy.

 Preston loved the water.  He was so silly.

 We bought a boogie board when we got to Destin.  It was worn out by the time we left.  Well worth it.

 Relaxing and trying to get a tan while Taylor built a sand castle with Callie.

 My twin sister Britney bought this swimsuit and it broke so they sent her a new one and it broke again. So my mom fixed them both and happened to wear them the same day.  Whoops!  Lots of looks!  No it was fun.  Reminded me of old times when growing up.

 The whole gang! Missing Travis, Dana, and Emma kate.

 My mom gave all the kids water guns and glow in the dark sticks on the 4th of July.  They had fun squirting each other.

 We stayed at these condos called the Aerial Dunes II.  They had a full kitchen, living area, bedroom, and bunk beds for the kids.  They also had 3 large pools which was nice after being all sandy.  We will probably come back.

 Paige drinking melted homemade vanilla ice cream my mom made.  Yum!

 Our condo, Aerial Dunes II.

 Saturday morning as we were driving away.  Good bye beach!

 Preston said, "Mom, look it snowed."  I said, "No that is white sand."  He said, "NO it's snow."  I guess he doesn't understand it has to be cold to snow.

 Driving 12 hours home.  Very tiring!

 We rented a car so we didn't put the miles on ours and trash our van.  As you can see there was sand everywhere and smashed food.

The kids were exhausted with not many naps and limited sleep at night.