Family Trip to Destin, Florida

At the beginning of this year, all us Jackman girls planned a girls trip to Destin, Florida since all the boys had a fun Alaska fishing trip a few years ago. We got many of the details set and paid for, but after the accident we didn't know what to do. Going on the trip without mom and Jess seemed strange. After thinking and talking things through, we decided to still go on the trip but to bring our spouses. 

The trip was so perfect. The weather was warm and humid, but pretty enjoyable actually. The beach house was beautiful. It was right on the white sandy beach and decorated so nicely. We loved the beach house. Enjoy some fun pictures of it.

This was Spencer's and my bedroom.

Mike and Laura got the honeymoon suite!!

And poor Stacy had the twin bedroom. Chris was gone in Afghanistan til Thursday so she had the room all to herself but then he joined up with us. 

The view off the back porch.

View from behind the house.

 The water was so nice and warm. We got in the water almost every day. The boys were in there a ton!

 They body boarded for 2 days straight and most of the other days. They really tired themselves out.

Each night we went out to dinner to someplace fun around town. 

Monday- P F Changs

Tuesday- Pepito's Cantina Mexican Grill

Wednesday- Tuscany Italian

Thursday- Hard Rock Cafe

Friday- Jasmin Thai

Tuesday night we had the coolest thunderstorm. We were going to play games or watch a movie that night but we ended up turning off all the lights in the beach house and watching the storm for about 3 hours. There was constant lightening so Spencer and I finally figured out how to capture some of the lightening on the camera. Pretty cool. It was the most amazing storm any of us had seen.

One day the boy's rented a surf board while us girls had a spa day with massages, pedicures and manicures. They said it was harder than they thought it was going to be but the waves weren't too big. But they still had fun.

While on the trip I was 28 weeks pregnant so here is a picture of the ever growing bump. This trip was perfect for the pregnancy. I got a pregnancy massage, my first massage ever, and it was really relaxing. Also, just being able to sleep in, lounge around the house, read, swim, talk, eat, etc was perfect. 

Another day the boys went on an ocean boat fishing trip while the girls shopped and saw a movie. They had so much fun, got squid guts all over themselves, and came home with some fish to grill up the next day for lunch. 

They didn't catch the Barracuda but Mike pretty much caught a shark but his line broke. They saw things like seals, dolphins, shark, and tons of crazy fish. 

On the last day we swam in the ocean, floated down Turkey Creek (super fun but super cold) and went on a sunset cruise on a sailboat. Perfect way to end out fun week.

The boat on the far left was the one we rode. 

If you look closely at the boat in the middle of the picture you can see two dolphin's in the water. It was hard to catch a picture of them, but they were all around us during our cruise.

Again, two dolphins in the middle of the picture if you look closely. 

Thank you to Spencer's dad for putting a lot of this trip together and providing it for us. We sure missed you Mom and Jess, but we hope that you were there right along with us having fun! We love you!