Our "Mostly Free" Vacation

** Warning** Long Post Ahead
We were very honored to receieve a "free" vacation this year due to some cement work we did with our dear friends Philip and Lana Steidinger. Both of us got a free week's stay in a condo in Destin Florida. We did have to pay for gas to get there, but other than that it was free. We had the time of our lives and enjoyed every minute of it. The place we stayed at was the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort. It was huge and our condo's weren't close to each other, but none the less we had a great time. We took well over 100 pictures so I won't bore you with all those, but will try and group them together so they aren't at random. Here is the inside and outside of our condo called Elation. We were close to Baytown Wharf Shopping area so we spent time there...keep in mind almost every picture I show you is on this resort...thats how HUGE it was!!!

We spent all but two days on the beach catching waves, building sand castles, burying each other, finding shells, making a "soup bowl" (this is what caden called a hole with lots of water and sand in it:)), and catching some sun. Oh what fun!!

Two of the nights Philip and Lana watched our kids so we could have a date night, and two of the nights we watched their kids so they could have a date night. Our first night out we ate at a local restaurant that was known for their FRESH seafood caught daily. It was pretty much a hole in the wall restaurant with even them cooking out of a trailer backed up to this shack on the water. Very tiny place, but yummy fresh seafood. It was called Dewey Destin. The other restaurant we ate at was also a local and it was called Captain Dave's. It was on the beach and was more of a fancier place considering we at at Dewey Destin first.

Two of the days we spent at the pools that are through out the resort. I believe there are 17 or 19 pools through out the entire place. Here are a few pool pictures. We also spent three different mornings riding bikes and playing tennis. Elijah said his favorite part was riding the bikes so we made sure to do that more than once and nick and I liked tennis so we did that a few times as well. We did a little walking on trails and going to different sites. One was an island called Jolee Island that had a play set and little cottage.

Thank you very much Philip and Lana for letting us have the privalage of going with you. Let us know when you need more help doing a concrete driveway:)