The Peters Family

For summer vacation this year, we spent a week in Destin, Florida. This was the kids’ first time to go to the beach. We flew into Destin on Sunday and left on Saturday. Actually, we were supposed to leave on Friday afternoon but our flight was delayed until Saturday morning. Crazy!

We stayed in a condo on the Sandestin resort. Here we enjoyed the private beach access and the swimming pools. There are four golf courses on the resort, but unfortunately I didn’t bring my clubs (this time!)

We enjoyed meeting the Evan’s and Isenhower’s there as well. We met them on morning to play on the beach and a couple evening later or dinner at Mellow Mushroom.

And, of course, the seafood was a hit. Our favorite restaurant there was Pompano Joe’s. We at there three times! Both the food and the view of the beach were amazing.

The vacation was a hit.. the kids had a blast.  We hope to go back again soon!

Here are some pictures….

We spent Thanksgiving this year at Big Cedar Lodge with my parents and my brother’s family. We had a great time! We ate Thanksgiving dinner there at Big Cedar, went to Silver Dollar City, rode the Polar Express, spent time at Branson Landing, and saw the Titanic Museum. I think Emma’s favorite part was swimming at Big Cedar and Christopher’s was playing at their Lincoln Log Table.  On the drive home we hit the Precious Moments Chapel.

All in all we had a great time.  However, we did decide that 4 days and 3 nights was too long to keep the kids out of their normal sleep cycle!  Need to limit it to 2 nights or enforce the standard nap times (at least for the little guy!).  Our Destin trip next summer, which is going to be even longer, should be real interesting!

Here are some pics!

More pictures are here.