Vacation

Two weeks ago we went on our first big family vacation since Ashlyn was born. We flew to Florida to spend a week on Fort Walton Beach. The place we stayed at was very nice and included four different pools for the girls to play in. However, we spent most of our time at the beach which had beautiful white sand and blue/green water. Since I grew up close to Houston, Galveston beach was the closest beach near our home. I have to say that unless we happen to be in the Galveston area, I can't foresee taking a trip there with the girls after going to Florida. The not so white sandy beach and murky water pale in comparison to the views we had in Florida. We took the girls to the Gulfarium one morning which I guess would be a very, very, very small scale version of SeaWorld. I think Aaron and I cared more about seeing the shows than the girls. We also drove into Destin a couple of times which was only about 6 miles from where we were staying. You hear a lot about Destin, so we had to check it out. From what I could tell, the beach is the same whether you are in Destin or Fort Walton Beach. I am so glad we took our vacation when we did because there weren't many people at the beach until the end of the week when more arrived due to the holiday weekend. We had a great time and definitely decided we would go back!