After talking with Matt, we decided we would much rather have a house at the beach, even if it meant we'd have to pay a little more. So I searched the resort website for any houses with the same amenities the original house had (access to a pool, close walk to the beach, at least 3 bedrooms). I ended up finding a 4 bedroom house adjacent to the condominiums, a short walk down to the beach, AND we get to use the condominiums' pools, fitness room, grills, etc! Here is the link to see the house: http://www.resortquestdestinvacations.com/rental/house.html?ID=156&Avail=2010-04-17&Stay=7#imggallery
There aren't as many pictures of the interior and no video, but you can read the description and it sounds wonderful! The best part is the resort company gave me a great discount to make up for losing our original reservation! Just a few weeks to beach heaven!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Easter Bunny!
I took Aiden to the PX to see the Easter Bunny and hopefully get a picture...I wasn't sure how he might react! But we got there and he waited patiently in line and watched the kids in front of us so he knew what was happening. Then when it was his turn he walked right up to the bunny, took the giant egg and sat on his lap! There was a PX worker with a camera but I didn't know how I'd get the picture from them, so I just used my camera. Here's our "official" Easter Bunny 2010 picture!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Beach frustrations
For the past 8 or so months, my family has been making payments for the beach house in Destin. YESTERDAY I get a call from the rental company telling me that particular house is no longer in their system; therefore, they cannot rent it out. I was beyond furious. Obviously, the rental company is not to blame - that falls on the idiot owners of the house, whom the rental company has been trying to contact since yesterday and has not been able to speak with them, nor do they have an answering machine or voicemail to leave a message. Fortunately, the company was just as mad, and found mulitple comparable houses for me. Unfortunately, none of the houses had all the amenities I liked in the original house: one house had a bedroom of just bunkbeds, one house was too far to walk to the beach, etc. So I began looking at their website this morning and found a 3 bedroom condo just down the street from the original house, and they are letting us rent it for the same price as we were going to pay for the house! Here's the link: http://www.resortquestdestinvacations.com/rental/house.html?ID=335&Avail=2010-04-17&Stay=7
And there's a video tour, as well. I think it looks wonderful, and although we won't have our own "space", the amenities of staying at a condo resort more than make up for that fact: there are 2 pools (one heated), a hot tub, a fitness room, unlimited parking, and we get 4 chairs and 2 umbrellas on the beach every day! Plus the condo looks over the pool and has a great view of the beach, with a wrap-around balcony that you can access from the living room and master bedroom. Overall, I think it's great.
And there's a video tour, as well. I think it looks wonderful, and although we won't have our own "space", the amenities of staying at a condo resort more than make up for that fact: there are 2 pools (one heated), a hot tub, a fitness room, unlimited parking, and we get 4 chairs and 2 umbrellas on the beach every day! Plus the condo looks over the pool and has a great view of the beach, with a wrap-around balcony that you can access from the living room and master bedroom. Overall, I think it's great.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
FYI
Ok, this post has taken a few days to compose because Blogger would not let me upload pictures! Although the pics have nothing to do with the information I'm sharing :)
First - I've decided to postpone Aiden's soccer experience until this fall. He just wasn't into it, and I hated making him try!
Second - I went on a mid-tour spouses retreat at Callaway Gardens last weekend. Childcare was offered on-site, and Aiden LOVED staying at the hotel! He even slept in the big bed next to mine! The sessions offered were ok, mostly how to work on your relationship (blah blah blah) but we did get to explore the gardens after the retreat was over. I took Aiden to the butterfly house where he thought the waterfall was more interesting than the butterflies whizzing by his head! Then we ate outside at the cafe by the lake and he got his first chocolate ice cream bar. We took his leftover hot dog bun to the bridge and fed the geese/ducks/fish/turtle! Then he ran around for awhile before we headed home. I was glad for the mini-vacation!
Pictures are random, for some reason Aiden wanted me to take pictures of him holding wubby! The last one....well, let's just say if there's a child abuse hotline, I'm gonna call it, 'cause my child done abused me!! Actually, I got headbutted, yet Aiden's head didn't have a bump at all! I put a cold compress on and it was fine. :)
First - I've decided to postpone Aiden's soccer experience until this fall. He just wasn't into it, and I hated making him try!
Second - I went on a mid-tour spouses retreat at Callaway Gardens last weekend. Childcare was offered on-site, and Aiden LOVED staying at the hotel! He even slept in the big bed next to mine! The sessions offered were ok, mostly how to work on your relationship (blah blah blah) but we did get to explore the gardens after the retreat was over. I took Aiden to the butterfly house where he thought the waterfall was more interesting than the butterflies whizzing by his head! Then we ate outside at the cafe by the lake and he got his first chocolate ice cream bar. We took his leftover hot dog bun to the bridge and fed the geese/ducks/fish/turtle! Then he ran around for awhile before we headed home. I was glad for the mini-vacation!
Pictures are random, for some reason Aiden wanted me to take pictures of him holding wubby! The last one....well, let's just say if there's a child abuse hotline, I'm gonna call it, 'cause my child done abused me!! Actually, I got headbutted, yet Aiden's head didn't have a bump at all! I put a cold compress on and it was fine. :)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
February '10 SNOW!
Snow day!! Literally...it was pretty much all melted the next day! Aiden LOVED it. I bundled him up in his snow outfit and rain boots and he stomped around and tried to catch snowflakes on his tongue and ate snow, which was his favorite thing to do. Here's some pictures:
CHEESE!
Snowball fight!
Snoozing on Mommy's bed
Yummy!
This was about as much accumulation we got
He was walking backwards - you can see how much snow is on the ground!
CHEESE!
Snowball fight!
Snoozing on Mommy's bed
Yummy!
This was about as much accumulation we got
He was walking backwards - you can see how much snow is on the ground!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Birthday overview and update
No pictures were taken over the entire weekend of my birthday. I know, shame on me! I actually left my camera at home, and Becky had hers on Friday night but we completely forgot about it! Oh well. Here's an overview of the weekend:
Friday - Bex, Bon and I went to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. We had full intentions of getting cheesecake to take home for later but we were so stuffed from dinner, and had lots of leftovers already, that we decided against the dessert. We then made our way slowly to the Fox - there was an accident on the highway so we ended up missing the very beginning of "Annie". This seems to be a recurring theme for me! Our seats were pretty good, but there were some squirmy kids behind us. At one point Bonnie actually got kicked in the head. But the show was wonderful. Afterward we went to Becky and Kublai's place to watch a movie, and Will met us there. We watched "The Hangover", because I was the only one in the group who hadn't seen it. Even though it was late, I wasn't tired, so Kublai and I stayed up and watched "500 Days of Summer". I'd already seen it but it's such a cute movie that I didn't mind watching it again. I ended up spending the night at their apartment because it was so late after the second movie and I didn't want to be on the road.
Saturday - Slept in at the apartment! Becky, Kublai and I went shopping and I got 3 new pairs of shoes. Then I drove back up to Mom's to change. That evening I met Bex & Koob at the movies and we saw "Sherlock Holmes". I went back up to Mom's that night.
Sunday - I went to my Dad's house for lunch because my great-uncle and great-aunt were in town. I hadn't seen them since Bonnie & Will's wedding. They couldn't stay long but it was good to see them again. That evening I went out to dinner at a mexican restaurant with Bex, Koob, Bon, Will and some of Bon & Will's neighbors. Afterward I went back to Bex & Koob's place and re-watched "500 Days of Summer", this time so Bex could see it! Seriously, I love that movie.
Monday (actual birthday!) - Mom took Aiden and I to Waffle House for breakfast, then we had my chocolate cake and Aiden helped blow out the candles. We took Aiden to a nearby park that afternoon. For dinner we had pizza from a local place by Mom's and Bex and Koob came up to share.
All in all it was a fabulous trip!
And now for other news...
I've registered Aiden for soccer in the spring! Practices begin mid-February and games are Saturdays starting in March! The best part is the registration fee was waived because Daddy is deployed, so the only things we need to purchase are cleats and shin guards. So if Aiden really does not like playing, I won't feel like we wasted lots of money! When Matt's home for his R&R he should be able to go to a practice, but we'll be at the beach both Saturdays he's home, so he won't be able to see him in a game. But that's ok, I plan on enrolling Aiden in the fall soccer as well, so Daddy should be home to see some games then! I will be sure to take some pictures of my little soccer boy when practices and games start.
Friday - Bex, Bon and I went to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. We had full intentions of getting cheesecake to take home for later but we were so stuffed from dinner, and had lots of leftovers already, that we decided against the dessert. We then made our way slowly to the Fox - there was an accident on the highway so we ended up missing the very beginning of "Annie". This seems to be a recurring theme for me! Our seats were pretty good, but there were some squirmy kids behind us. At one point Bonnie actually got kicked in the head. But the show was wonderful. Afterward we went to Becky and Kublai's place to watch a movie, and Will met us there. We watched "The Hangover", because I was the only one in the group who hadn't seen it. Even though it was late, I wasn't tired, so Kublai and I stayed up and watched "500 Days of Summer". I'd already seen it but it's such a cute movie that I didn't mind watching it again. I ended up spending the night at their apartment because it was so late after the second movie and I didn't want to be on the road.
Saturday - Slept in at the apartment! Becky, Kublai and I went shopping and I got 3 new pairs of shoes. Then I drove back up to Mom's to change. That evening I met Bex & Koob at the movies and we saw "Sherlock Holmes". I went back up to Mom's that night.
Sunday - I went to my Dad's house for lunch because my great-uncle and great-aunt were in town. I hadn't seen them since Bonnie & Will's wedding. They couldn't stay long but it was good to see them again. That evening I went out to dinner at a mexican restaurant with Bex, Koob, Bon, Will and some of Bon & Will's neighbors. Afterward I went back to Bex & Koob's place and re-watched "500 Days of Summer", this time so Bex could see it! Seriously, I love that movie.
Monday (actual birthday!) - Mom took Aiden and I to Waffle House for breakfast, then we had my chocolate cake and Aiden helped blow out the candles. We took Aiden to a nearby park that afternoon. For dinner we had pizza from a local place by Mom's and Bex and Koob came up to share.
All in all it was a fabulous trip!
And now for other news...
I've registered Aiden for soccer in the spring! Practices begin mid-February and games are Saturdays starting in March! The best part is the registration fee was waived because Daddy is deployed, so the only things we need to purchase are cleats and shin guards. So if Aiden really does not like playing, I won't feel like we wasted lots of money! When Matt's home for his R&R he should be able to go to a practice, but we'll be at the beach both Saturdays he's home, so he won't be able to see him in a game. But that's ok, I plan on enrolling Aiden in the fall soccer as well, so Daddy should be home to see some games then! I will be sure to take some pictures of my little soccer boy when practices and games start.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Big Apple Bliss
My trip to NYC was wonderful! I saw 2 shows, ate Peruvian food, wandered through Times Square and bought a trinket at Tiffany's. We got drenched and froze in the snow, walked through FAO Schwartz, and perused the windows down 5th Ave. I'm already wanting to go back!!
Our room at the Milford Plaza Hotel:
A view of the outside of our hotel:
Times Square:
Pretty lights:
One of the shows we saw (the theater was on the street next to our hotel!):
Chinatown:
Radio City Music Hall:
A beautiful wreath (I can't remember what building this was in!):
A tree in the same building as the wreath:
This was "Matt's Grill":
My BFF from high school, Michele, just happened to be in NYC the same weekend!
SNOW!
The front of Macy's:
An animated window at Lord & Taylor's:
Another window:
Imagine our surprise when we reached the Statue of Liberty and realized she's much bigger from far away! :) Just kidding, we didn't go see the statue, this was as close as we got!
Empire State building up close...
...and up high!
Rockefeller Plaza tree (as seen from across the street because we did not want to brave those crowds!)
A Tiffany & Co. window:
We had to go in!
I got my little blue box :)
A saxophone mannequin at Bergdorf Goodman:
A singing mannequin and...a wolf pianist? Hmm...
Our room at the Milford Plaza Hotel:
A view of the outside of our hotel:
Times Square:
Pretty lights:
One of the shows we saw (the theater was on the street next to our hotel!):
Chinatown:
Radio City Music Hall:
A beautiful wreath (I can't remember what building this was in!):
A tree in the same building as the wreath:
This was "Matt's Grill":
My BFF from high school, Michele, just happened to be in NYC the same weekend!
SNOW!
The front of Macy's:
An animated window at Lord & Taylor's:
Another window:
Imagine our surprise when we reached the Statue of Liberty and realized she's much bigger from far away! :) Just kidding, we didn't go see the statue, this was as close as we got!
Empire State building up close...
...and up high!
Rockefeller Plaza tree (as seen from across the street because we did not want to brave those crowds!)
A Tiffany & Co. window:
We had to go in!
I got my little blue box :)
A saxophone mannequin at Bergdorf Goodman:
A singing mannequin and...a wolf pianist? Hmm...
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