Summer Vacay

The girls at the beach

Brad and I at 'Crabs'



The whole gang at the beach before we ate at 'Crabs' on the last night



We drove into Destin one day and ate at the Broken Egg. DELISH!

The girls trying to pick Ben up

Right before we went out on the town

The gang at 'Crabs' on the last night

Well this is a long time coming. We went on a summer vacation this year with a group of our friends and stayed at my Aunt's house in Pensacola. It was GREAT! This is probably one of the last times that we will all be able to go on a trip like this (without children) and just do as we please. We made sooooo many memories and it was truly the best vacation I've ever been on.

Summer or Winter

Well, here I am caught with mixed emotions. We just recently jumped into a BIG purchase (at least big for us) and got a pool. We had planned on getting it in March of next year just in time for Summer 2012, but I stumbled upon a really good deal so we went ahead and took the plunge. This is where my dilemma begins. I am a HUGE fan of the Chrsitmas season!! I walked into Cracker Barrel the other night and what did I see???? A section of Christmas stuff already up. I'll admit it, my heart fluttered and I felt like a little kid on the first day of school. I wanted to run in and look at everything. The next day I bee-booped into Kirklands and there stood an eight foot tall Christmas tree. I was in winter wonderland! There were santas, and reindeers, and trees OH MY! Again, my heart skipped a beat and I was like a kid in a candy store. Poor Brad doesn't have a chance. He's able to contain my desire to decorate the house for every season to just table scapes in the dining room but for Christmas.....well, just call me Clark Oswald. We have about 110 leyland cypress trees in our yard to line our property line in the front and back and if I thought I could get an extension cord all the way out there, I would have lights strown around them and my front yard would look like an airplane landing pad!

So....my dilemma is that I'm READY for Christmas now, but at the same time I want some more warm weather so once the pool is finished I can at least say I was able to get in it this year!

Here are some pics of the pool and the only 2 who have been able to get in it so far. Concrete is supposed to be poured tomorrow, so I'll post some better pictures later on.