A Day in the Life...: Vacations 2009

Monday, August 10, 2009

Vacations 2009

"A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in." ~Marcelene Cox

What a blessing this summer has been. First, Tim and I spent a week in Destin, Florida in May. May is such a beautiful time to go to Destin. The weather was wonderful...hot enough but not too hot. We love Destin because of the beautiful white sugar sand and the aqua blue water and this year was no exception. Each year, we love Destin more. The Magnolia House at Destin Pointe is a great place to stay and again, May is the perfect time. Many of the snowbirds have left for their homes in the north and lots of the Pointe is deserted. It is quiet and so peaceful. It's a great place to read a couple of good books while soaking up some vitamin D (errr, uh, I mean slathering on the sunblock and sitting under an umbrella).

Last week, all the family with the exception of Maggie, traveled to Sunset Beach, NC. Again it was a wonderful week of relaxing, playing with the grandchildren, having scrabble and Wii bowling tournaments, and eating some great seafood at The Hut in Calabash and later eating David's chicken bog and Demps' Low Country boil. YUM! Drew, our fisherman extraordinaire, lived on the dock. Meg loved playing in the sand, often burying herself from the waist down while Duncan and Kate loved playing in the tide pools. As the week went on, they got braver and braver in the deeper water, much to my consternation. Krissy spent part of the week in Florence finishing up her summer job, then came down to spend time with us at the beach before heading off to Tigertown where she'll be a freshman in pre-med.

Drew on the dock... I spent some time rocking, some time reading, some time playing, and some time sleeping along with eating and being the official vacation photographer. I read a wonderful book, "June Bug" by Chris Fabry. It is one that I will want to read again and that's saying a lot for me because the Mitford series is the only series I've ever read twice.