Our vacation in Destin, FL...

Last week we spent seven days in Destin, Florida with some friends and their families. Although the stats for the trip might not sound appealing to some people (a 14 hour drive to get to the beach, in one house 8 adults, 9 kids (ages 6-15 months), and 2 babysitters) we had an great time!

Our trip had it all...a big awesome house, our own private pool, the beach right across the street, constant swimming, pizza night, Fudpuckers (a cool restaurant we went to with live alligators), volley ball matches in the pool, Mexican night (2 families made dinner for everyone) - included a pinata and margaritas, adult night out at The Crab Trap (Jeff attempted to eat about 20 pounds of crab legs), go-carts, merry~go~rounds, crafts for the kids, cornhole, belly smackers (compliments of the kids as well as the dads), Fat Daddy's (equivalent to Chuckee Cheese...where our kids won 6 stuffed animals from the "Claw Game"...Jeff was so proud:), Italian night, ice cream, karaoke (where Jeff sang "Friends in Low Places" for the 147th time), a first lost tooth (Logan's), Baytowne Warf, giant hamster balls on the water (only a picture can explain this better), swimmer's ear (4 of the 9 kids ended up with getting drops in their ears by the end of the trip) and trampolines. I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton of other things we did, but you get the idea:)

Here are some pictures from the trip...

All the kiddos from shortest to tallest...AJ, Mary Kate, Maddy, Brooklyn, Claire, Zane, Taylor, Frank and Logan

The crew eating dinner on Mexican night...

Our AWESOME babysitters Miss Sarah (aka ~ Sarah the Babysitter) and Miss Tracey

The chefs of Mexican night...me, Jeff, Joff and Kelly!

The pinata before the beatings began:)

Logan, Frank and Claire being silly!

Frank collecting as much loot as possible.

Taylor and Logan enjoying their winnings!

Logan's first lost tooth ~ July 22, 2010 ~ he pulled it out by himself!

Claire and Brooklyn...BFFs! (Don't you just love Claire's sunglasses???)

Not the greatest picture...but what can I say??? 4 kids under the age of 6 asked to stand still and smile while looking into the sun.

Again...not the best family picture...but it will do:)

All the kiddos at Baytowne Warf.

Frank in the hamster ball.

Logan on the trampoline.

Miss Tracey and the girls in the dresses she bought them...too cute!

This is the 4th year we've done this group trip with our friends (3 of which I've been pregnant for...haha) and it never disappoints no matter how much planning and worrying takes place before hand. I can't wait to see what the future trips hold for us...especially as our kids get bigger...

Well, that's all for now...