"In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
and revealed them to little children;
yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. " Luke 10:21

Just getting back from a fun week in Destin!
We met our friends Richie, Amy and Richie III and had a great vacation!

















This is one of my favorite pictures from the weekend!!



















their cute beach chairs that were gifts from Jenny Wadford!
They love them!



















Me and Tal - the last night waiting at the playground at Joe's crab shack which is just next to where we stayed!

Kissing on sweet little Richie!


















Every thirty minutes or so at Joe's Crab Shack.... the music comes on LOUD, lights go down, disco balls go on and the waiters all dance.
They played the song that Joanne played at New Years.... ( Slide to left, slide to the right... Get funky) some other words go along with it but I don't know what they are. Mary Katherine - I can hear you laughing at me right now!
anyway - this song stuck in our heads for the rest of the night!

























Here is Mary Bratton's getting funky face on the walk home!
























Here we all are 'getting funky' before we go to our room! Beau looks scared in this picture but he was loving it!

on the last night we walked over to Joe's crab shack.
























Amy, Richie and Little Richie


















Mary Bratton making room next to her on the slide for Beau.

























me and amy

This is one of my very favoite pictures!!!!!!! Love this of Tal and Mary Bratton!
This little girl could not have a better daddy!!!!!!!!



















We drove to Seaside and walked around. There was a jazz festival going on so we got to walk around and enjoy the music. We could have enjoyed it more but Beau was SO tired! Look at his face in this picture.

Who knew that the ICE CREAM MAN came to the beach.
























Beau loved playing with this football that one of our 'beach neighbors' gave him

pic on our patio


















love seeing them having fun together! They LOVE each other and it makes me so happy!

























Beau fell off the bed and behind the chair while watching his video. still got his bottle and holding on for dear life!


















little Richie trying to hug Beau! He was so sweet and kept wanting to hug on Beau.
Mary Bratton really wanted to love on Richie but Richie wanted to hang with Beau!

We went to the Gulfarium on the 2nd full day.
The kids had fun. Mary Bratton wants a pet dolphin!




















Mary Bratton asked me what the balls were before the show started. I told her that mommy didn't know.
she said that she bet that the dolphins jumped up and touched them. I said "maybe so" - but really thinking... NOOO way.
Look what i know......

Mary Bratton got so upset during the dolphin show because she wanted a pet dolphin.
Here she is with tears in her eyes when we were explaing to her WHY she can't have a pet dolphin. I ended up going up to one of the dolphin trainers and having her explain why we couldn't take one home!


















Mary Bratton falling in love with the dolphins!


















Beau loved the show. he kept clapping for them and saying 'yay'!