We just arrived home from San Destin for a 4-day beach trip. And I admit that I am patting myself on the back for making it alone with 3 kids since Scott had to come home Sunday night. I was a little nervous when he left. :)Caroline was off school yesterday and today, so we decided to take a family vacation. This was Grace's first time at the beach, and only Caroline's 2nd trip. (She had been once before at age 6 with her foster family in China.)
One big disappointment is that my camera died within minutes of us reaching the beach on Sunday morning. I hadn't been able to locate my charger before leaving home, so I was out of luck. Thankfully, Caroline had her camera with her. But when I uploaded pics to my computer last night, I found that many, MANY of them were missing!! Pictures of Caroline's face when she first got into the ocean, pictures of us burying her in the sand (at her request), pictures of her and Grace in the water, etc. She explained that she had deleted them because she didn't like the way she looked in those pictures or in that swimsuit!! AHHH!!! Typical tween. After venting, scolding, whining, lamenting, and finally accepting that all pictures from that day were gone, I moved on. And I was thankful that she considered yesterday's pictures to be satisfactory. So here they are....
While on the subject of water, I had a funny moment at the hotel the first night. I was brushing my teeth, and I suddenly stopped abruptly. You see, the last time we were in a hotel was in China where you cannot drink water without getting very ill. You have to drink and brush with bottled water. For a brief moment, I forgot I was in Florida in the great US of A, and I thought I had made a huge mistake! :)
Caroline did not like the feeling of the shifting sand beneath her feet, but that didn't stop her from loving the beach. Her favorite part was jumping the waves.
While on the subject of water, I had a funny moment at the hotel the first night. I was brushing my teeth, and I suddenly stopped abruptly. You see, the last time we were in a hotel was in China where you cannot drink water without getting very ill. You have to drink and brush with bottled water. For a brief moment, I forgot I was in Florida in the great US of A, and I thought I had made a huge mistake! :)
I didn't even have to ask the kids to pose for this pic. This was a candid! I am so thankful these 3 kiddos love being together (most of the time). :)
We're thinking we might make this an annual trip. October is such a great time to be down there!
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Precious!! I am heading down there this weekend. Maybe one of these days we could coordinate a trip with the kids. It would be neat to hang out in person. :)
Great pics and lovely water - what beach? Use recuva to get the pics that were deleted...there are other programs that do this too...
Carol in FL
we LOVE sandestin!!! we are going the first week of november and staying at the westwinds;))) isn't it just beautiful!
love the beach pics:))))))
try something like this and you can recover all the deleted pictures :)
http://www.image-recovery-software.com/?gclid=CP2bjOHn4asCFcXr7Qodqi-7Tg
Kelly-
Great photos! I used Card recovery and was able to salvage about 50 photos that were accidently deleted one Christmas!
Such a fun trip! When we were growing up, we used to always take a trip to the beach in October, too. I agree...it's the perfect time!
there is software out there that will recover deleted images from camera disks....even ones you've formatted. ;) Though I see someone already linked to one. ;) It does work...for some.
Love these pics!!!
Congrats on having a good time without Scott. I know that is a huge mental hurdle, but now that you know you can do it, anything is possible.
That's a beautiful beach!
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