Destin is heaven on earth!!! (Summer update pt 3)

Jamie's back at school and life has a "real" rutine now. Summer seemed like it went by pretty fast. Too bad. I am excited for the melting heat to turn into fall breezes. (usally doesn't happen in Dallas till like November though!)

anyway... here's the last hoorah of our summer... our trip to Destin, Florida with Jamie's family!

The gorgeous beach house Jim and Debbie rented for us all.

aproperately named "Southern Charm"
the whole gang
transportation to the beach
Zac's favorite swimming buddy- "papa"

Out for lunch at "Dewey's" on the bay

A HUGE JELLYFISH
Kristin took pics of while snorkling. I'm glad I didn't see this till we got home or I might not have gotten back in the water!!!

The kids loved hanging out with cousin Ella!

and each other too!
they also had some fun with their mommy and daddy

Jamie dug up this crab while digging a whole for himself to get burried in....

and he still decided to get burried!!!

The kids loved it!

Zac kept pouring sand on Jamie's head. It was great!

The beach makes you HUNGRY!

and THIRSTY!
and CRANKY!
and DIRTY!
but we LOVED IT!

LOVED IT!

LOVED IT!

The last day we went to Bass Pro shop to see the big aquairium while Jim and Debbie took Kristin, Jeff, and Ella to the airport.

we also found a cute play area outside

Remodels and more! (summer update pt 2)

When we got back from Utah, Jamie and I both had birthdays (me 29, Jamie 31!)

The kids singing for Jamie to post as a surprise post for Jamie's facebook page (so funny)

We did a lot of swimming this summer. My friend Katherine took these awesome pics

One of the highlights of Jamie's summer was getting a perfect 300 on the wii bowling!

yeah, he's a dork

Our BIG PROJECT though was redoing our floors! My brother Derek moved to Dallas this summer and we put him to work!

FRONT ROOM

BEFORE

yeah we slept in the front room so we could start tearing up the flooring in our bedroom

FRONT ROOM

AFTER

Derek's TV will not be permanant fixture on our hutch, we just have nowhere to put it now.

HALLWAY BEFORE
HALLWAY AFTER

BEDROOM BEFORE

BEDROOM AFTER

FAMILY ROOM BEFORE

FAMILY ROOM AFTER

BREAKFAST NOOK

BEFORE

BREADFAST NOOK

AFTER

KITCHEN

BEFORE

KITCHEN

AFTER
Landon's room is now an OFFICE/Derek's room
and Landon and Zac are now sharing a room...