Sandestin

Gill and I went to Sandestin this past week and we had a great time.  We flew out of Shreveport and had no problems with our flight or rental car, which was so nice.  We were tired when we got in and just went at the pizzeria at the Baytowne Village.  We got up bright and early the next morning and ran a few errands and then went straight to the beach.  We had dinner at Finz that night and ate on the deck looking out over the beach. 

The next morning Gill explained to me how he strategically placed his dirty clothes on top of his suitcase so he could tell if the maid pilfered through his things.  Doesn't look obvious at all...

Our beach had waitresses, so we got to have some yummy sushi and drinks for lunch while never leaving our chairs.

We had a couple of people tell us to try The Back Porch in Destin, so we decided to go there and try it.

We kept seeing this cat walking around outside while we were waiting to be seated and then I noticed he had a little home in the flower beds in front of the restaurant!

We had a great view while we ate and got to watch it rain off the coast.

I think my favorite night at the beach was the night we spent walking around at Baytowne Village.  We wasted money on things like this:

We had a great dinner at Italian restaurant that was half blues club and then we went to Rum Runners and listened to a great singer and then dueling pianos.

We had to wake up early to catch our flight the next morning to leave (we had to get up aboout 5:30, but of course, I was up at 4:30) and it was pouring down rain and cold.  It helped our feelings that we were having to leave!

Fourth of July

We spent the day at our friend Daniel's camp at Lake Claiborne on Sunday.  We didn't go until around 4 because we were going to stay and watch the fireworks.

Gill, Daniel, and Jeremy getting things ready to go!

We rode out to Snake Island and just enjoyed spending time out in the water.  There weren't as many people out on the lake as I thought I would be.  I was glad it was a calm day.

We went back to Daniel's and started to cook.  We grilled pork chops, had potato salad, and I made Cowboy Beans, per Jeremy's request.  The recipe for the beans was huge and I ended up having to add extra beans because of the amount of meat I had added.  (*Gill has a grinder and had packaged a deer himself.  I thought each Ziploc contained a pound of meat... well, Gill just filled up the Ziploc and did no measuring!  Next year, Gill will grind and package his deer in measured amounts so I will know what I am dealing with while cooking!) We snacked on Rotel and I made red, white, and blue cupcakes for dessert.  We ate out on the porch and it was great looking out over the lake.

We cleaned up and then got back in the boat and rode out to see the fireworks.  It was so beautiful with the sun setting on the lake!

Gill enjoying the boat ride!

Jeremy and Annie rode in the front of the boat...

We went to another camp on the lake to watch the fireworks with a friend of Daniel's from work.  Daniel and Annie enjoyed the fireworks!

On Monday, the 4th, we went to Bernice to spend the day at Aunt Lynda and Uncle Bob's.  Gill and I spent most of the afernoon in the pool... it was so hot!  I brought the left over beans and they grilled chicken kabobs and a brisket.  We had lots of good sides to go along!  It was fun to get to hang out with family and friends for such a fun weekend!