Florida - Days 1 and 2

Okay, I have until Friday to see if I won the bet or not. NO PRESSURE! Assuming you have already published a comment in my favor on the post below, you can peruse the first installment of my Florida report:

After reviewing all our pictures from the trip, I realized that there are just too many to post in one blog entry. So, I will break up our trip so that you don't get too bored.





We didn't want to miss out on a full day in Florida, so we decided to brave a red-eye flight with the kids. Shockingly both kids slept really well on the first flight from LA to Fort Lauderdale. This is a picture of a dazed and confused Dylan during our lay-over.

Don't make fun of our bed-head in the next series of pictures. From Fort Lauderdale to Pensacola, we were on a tiny airplane. Dylan slept some more, but Tyler was too wound up to fall asleep.

Again, just keep in mind that I am functioning on no sleep here...

Most of the family took red-eye flights, so by the time all of us arrived at the beach house in Destin, there was a lot of energy to burn. Uncle Mike volunteered himself to be dog-piled by Jimmy, Todd, Tyler and Amanda. It is good to have a sacrificial lamb in every family!

Later that night, we took a walk to check out the beach. We were all amazed at the beauty of the white sand and crystal blue water the Gulf of Mexico had to offer.

Cute boys

All seemed perfect until we encountered a brief temper-tantrum from Tyler. We really couldn't blame him after all the excitement and lack of sleep, though.

Everything was back to normal once he discovered the sea shells all over the beach.

Stay tuned for more pictures to come. You won't want to miss the picture of Arthur beating up Superman....