Summer Days are Suppose to be Long & Fun...we do our best to make that happen!

Well today has been one of those day you "imagine" Summer Time to be 
It's funny,  I remember looking forward to Summer as a kid but looking forward to Summer as a parent takes me to a whole new level of excitement.  Maybe it's because being with my kids "really being with them, getting them, listening to them giggle, seeing that spark in their eyes" well that takes me back to my wonderful childhood days of Summer.  

The kids rolled out of the hotel in true "growing up Murnan" style ummm on a luggage cart of course.

We kicked things off as normal tourists do in Destin at one of the Go cart stops.  It was so funny we said to the kids hey guys we are getting ready to do something fun & Kya says with excitement are we going to sonic??? Ummm Kya Blu think way funner than that :-) We picked great ages (heights really) to attempt go carts because Kya was tall enough to ride alone & bossy was tall enough to ride with an adult.  Kya rode first so we could get pictures of her first ride alone & then she took on the roll of Photog.

 

Next is was off you our favorite Mexican Place in Sea Crest Beach.   While pulling into the parking lot Taevy Says "Dada I saw a pink bike out my window I willy need get dat for Christmas"...which we all giggle about.  I look over and see the "ideal" beach ride & say hey kids look at that slug bug van isn't it so cool? Kya says back is that thing even alive....meaning does that even run?

We had a yummy lunch where Bossy hollered Cinco De Mayo and swiped the flower center piece & pretended to be the bride.

then headed down to Watercolor Inn to check in.  Shawn dropped Taevy and me off at the Watercolor store where bossy shopped it up :-)

 I get a call from Shawn that they oversold the inn so there is no room for us but they are willing to put us up in a 4 bedroom beach house instead...ummm YES that works for me :-)...the kids were ecstatic and think this is the best beach house EVER...although they say that every year & about any house w bunk beds or Hammocks & this one happens the have both.   

Country Wedding & Rattlesnake SURPRISE!

First stop Defuneak Springs Sonic! When we pulled in Kya said OH we have not been here since OKLAHOMA! Yes OK peeps when you live in FL eating at Sonic is like "going home." After 2 route 44 Dr Peppers shared between us all, Momma's water w lime, ice cream drinks & fries we used the car like a hotel to get changed & dolled up for the wedding.

Next stop Paxton and the Walton Plantation.  You see our amazing beach babysitter Amber is getting married today and we decided to start our Summer Road trip one day early & show up to SURPRISE her!

It was a beautiful country wedding.  Kya leans over after the wedding and whispers to me mom we are the only people here that don't speak Cowboy! Oh I love this girl! 

Bossy was I insistent that Matthew was the prince and Mrs Amber was the princess and was very worried because their vows did not say " whole life" in them ha.  

Jagger,  well Jagger had quite the exciting thing happen...a 5 foot 12 rattle rattlesnake decided to try & join the wedding party...Jagger was obsessed w the poor dead snake after the fact.

I am so happy we were able to be at this wedding and wish the Bishops many years of love & happiness! 

Every Summer Has A Story Ours Starts Today

Every Summer Has A Story Ours Starts Today

Which started on my favorite stretch of Florida Highways 75 to I10 to exit 331.  The blissful trail from Orlando to Watercolor...aka My little piece of heaven on earth! With our car loaded down & every inch stuffed to the fullest with an amazing road trip and 5 destinations ahead of us in our first Three Weeks of Summer.  Kya Blu in the very back watching Nancy Drew on her I pad for the first time while Jagger Asks who is Nancy two? She will also be readying the American Girl book Manners :-) on this trip.  40 minutes in and a bathroom stop down, but that all good because Taevy Star is now potty trained and we are so proud.  The wiggles & blues clues on the DVD for Taevy & Jagger repeating Shark Facts to me from an app on his I Pad.  Jagger & Taevy have already eaten their fair share of snacks. I now know why my nick name was Jabber Jaws because Taevy has not quit talking for even a 3 second breather.  Shawn has been on the phone w multiple hotels making sure reservations are correct & in place & I have looked at 5 clothes catalogs and am downloading all my phone pictures to shutterfly! Stay tuned Murnan Clan Summer 2014 has commenced.