Family Beach Vacation - June, 2023

 The first family trip with a grandbaby! Each year me and my two kids try to take a vacation together.  Even has they've both gotten married, we've continued the tradition.  This year we added a baby in the mix.  

They say when you travel with a baby you pack every thing but the kitchen sink... WELL.... Lordy have mercy I've never seen so much stuff in my life.  Poor Brett & Whiney could not have fit another thing in their vehicle. 😂

Since we only had Aybri for a few days with us we decided to start the trip off with a stop at the Gulf Breeze Zoo on the way to Destin.  The girls really enjoyed it and so did us adults. 💓

Had to get her dressed first after the drive. 

Look at that sweet baby! She had an outfit and bathing suit for each day! 

Aybri loved the birds

Look at the ruffle butt!

You could feed them and pet them! So cool!

another baby in the oven. 

The whole gang...except Rori, Matt's other daughter. 

We headed on to our condo in Destin when we left the zoo.  I couldn't wait to get my feet in the sand.

We added a new set of toes... Baby Neely 💓 the sand was wonderful! So cool all week!  We really had the best weather we've had in a LONG time.  We had an amazing week! 

 

Erin is expecting her first child in August... she loves her niece, Neely

My baby boy with his baby girl. 💓

Aybri practicing standing on my paddle board.  We had so much fun!

Me and Erin.. ain't she cute!

We had to take some beach maternity pictures.. they were perfect. 

Love their little family!

Matt found a baby seahorse! How cool is that! 

Brett, me and Neely 

YAYA had a blast with Neely. 💓

Matt, Aybri, and Erin... just missing Rori

Sand Castles and a princess. 

We realized Erin & Brett's 1st cousins, Cole & Austin was also in Destin with their kids so we made a date to meet up with them.  It was so nice getting together.  It had been years since I had seen them and we all enjoyed all the kids getting to see each other. 

We also saw 2 sharks while taking pictures! 

Peek the shark in the background! 

Pool afternoon.. baby momma floating

You can tell by Neely's expression.. she LOVES the water!

I'm sad our trip is over.  It really was AMAZING.  Perfect weather.. it was not so hot it was miserable.  The week just went by way too fast!  I'm missing seeing Neely every day badly! I knew never how much fun a grand baby could be at the beach! 💕  Looking forward to adding another one next summer for our family trip! 

Fark to Fork 5-13-2023

48 miles on the bike for me in 2:50. I’ll take it 😁. Especially on those hills when you haven’t been biking much.   😁.  My PPRF group ran.   Except for Penny who was at the beach ❤️.   I biked with my fellow Ironman friends.  It was a great morning to raise some money to feed the hungry.

I love this race / ride. You have the option on running from 5K to a half marathon and on the bike ride you can choose from 34, 48 to 62 miles. Lots of options so people from all walks of life can participate. It's for an awesome cause... EXTRA TABLE.. feeing people! Rhonda Hayden and her group do an excellent job of organizing and the post party is super! Lots of vendors with good food, drinks and music! It's really just an all around great event!

I originally had planned on doing the 62 mile ride, but since I hadn't been out on my bike much and not really ridden over like 30 miles, I backed down to the 48 miler. I was pleased with my ride even with the lack of training... 😆 I rode with some fellow ironman friends. It was a beautiful morning for a bike ride. My PPRF friends mostly did the 5K and a few did the 10K. They said the run was HOT.

Here are a few pictures from the day:

The elevation is no joke! 

Look at that max speed.. that was going DOWNHILL!

My friends Susan and Laurie

WE had LOTS of bikers

Feleica spotted me before the bike ride... I had just woke up... ha....  Puffy eyes... 😛

Thanks to my friend Rod who captured these pictures of me at the finish line. 

and that's a wrap until next year!