The Emerald Coast...

Florida was AWESOME!!!! We practically mourned the loss of the beach during our trip home. Our condo was right on the white sands of the Gulf of Mexico and the view was unbelievable. At one point while Ry was in the water a crab crawled over his feet and totally freaked him out. We went on a dolphin cruise (which was a waste of time), ran around in the water and on the beach like little kids, went for walks in the sand every morning, and on our last full day there we went kayaking. During our last evening on the beach we filled up about 10 large ziplock freezer bags full of sand from the beach and when we got home we dumped it all in the kids' sand box and put the sea shells in it so they could have a part of the beach at home... They were stoked! So, the trip was wonderful and we have already been talking about moving there someday.