Vacation Part 2

So I am slowly getting my act together with our vacation pictures. I didn't realize I had so many! Figures! Again, these are probably all over the place, but you get the idea :) Ha, sort of like talking to me in real life, huh??

Probably my most favorite picture ever:

 We were attempting some family photos by the beach...well you know how well that could possibly go with a daughter who DESPISES said beach. It was glorious...or not. We have a lot of these:

 A little better:

 We have a few that turned out decent. Hey, it only took us almost two years to have a family picture taken with Elin. Poor girl.

So the house we stayed at was fabulous. It had the most amazing bathroom I have ever seen in our room. Elin totally enjoyed bathtime...I actually had to crawl almost in the tub due to the monstrous size of the bathtub vicinity. It was crazy...and beautiful:

 Here are the kids enjoying the pooltime at the house...I cannot stress how awesome it was to have our our pool and not share our space with anyone else :)

 The view from our room:

 Pretty crappy, huh?? I did NOT want to leave.

Okay let's take an ADD turn to dinner time. The kids (and my) favorite place to eat: Fudpucker's. It was a blast. The first time we went we were there for hours...the second time? The same.

 Aidan's favorite part was of course, Gator Beach

 Enjoying their new drink "carriers" AKA ridiculous koozies for grown ups, but our kids thought they were awesome so we bought them :)

 Writing on the walls per the tradition

 If you ask Aidan what the highlight of the trip was he would tell you the air boat and gator hunt. We drove to Panama City one day for this experience.  Well, I was concerned. This is what we drove up on:

 Oh yes. It was interesting. And so much fun. That's right. All the cool adults held alligators...certain scaredy's staying inside:

 I couldn't believe how soft the gator was??? I don't know what I expected, but not THAT. I love the concerned look on Gwen's face and mine:

 All the kids joined in of course (well besides Elin...and for some reason I do not have a picture of Eli and the gator, but he did it too!)  Olivia:

 Jack:

 Aidan:

 I found it hysterical that the employee was just fine taking calls and doing her thing holding the ball python in her hand...later followed by the gator. Seriously. Like it was no big deal. Oh, I am just going to answer this phone call...with an ALLIGATOR in my hands...must be the reason for her blue tooth phone :)

 After swamp boating? Back at the pool of course!

 The Three Amigos

 The Crap Trap right across the street from the house!!

So like I said, we had a blast. We will definitely go again next year. After Destin we headed over to Starkville, MS for some MSU fun. I will post those pics tomorrow!