Beach Birthday

Happy Birthday to Milla and Faith!!!

Their birthday gift was to 

SEE the OCEAN and Put their

TOES IN THE SAND!

 We made it!!! This was in the first few minutes

that we were there!!

 YAY!! So happy to be there!!

 Faith's very first glimpse of the ocean...

a little baby by a big ocean is breathtaking

 Milla was a master sand castle builder

the whole time!!

 Faith loved the sand...mostly

the taste of it!!!

 Our Family

Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 

 Boogie Boarder

 one morning we went to the Bay--

It was awesome-- I had never done that-- it

is on the stretch of government land between

Destin and Ft. Walton.  It is a sandy beach--

but, it doesn't have waves-- it has about 25 ft

of 2-3 feet water that leads out into the ocean--

so, it is great for the little ones to play and not get

knocked down.  

 The bay also has tons of wildlife--- these are

ALL hermit crabs that a little boy caught and

gave to Milla-- we got to watch as each one

found its way back to the ocean.  Brandon also

caught a huge crab.  Fish were jumping every

where.  In contrast to the busy beaches on the

pan handle--we basically had this bay beach

to ourselves! Good find thanks to Brandon!

 Family Feet!

 Faith in the sand

 Milla in the sand

She is learning how to spell her name-- she

has the M down pat and will point it out

on every sign she sees!

 sweet sisters

 we had to try for the classic "white on the beach" 

shot--we took tons of pictures and couldn't

get both of them to look at the same time on 

a single one!! Still sweet pictures!

 Happy Girl!

 Sweet Thing!

Auburn ended up being the perfect

pit stop on the way down and the way back!

Milla was excited to be at "Daddy's School"!

Here we are eating at Toomer's Corner Drug Store.

It was such a great trip!

Waiting to go to the beach in late August is the

key to saving money-- prices really drop.  We really

liked the condo we stayed in.  It is called the "Nautilus"

and it was unit #2507.