Sunday, March 29, 2009

We awoke today ready to get some sun!

Not gonna happen today. Very cloudy and overcast....but luckily not looking like rain. We went down to the beach and let the kids get in the waves at the edge. There was a red flag up, so this meant no one could swim in the ocean. The kids played near the shore. It was very, very cold. They started out with long sleeve shirts, and eventually took them off a few hours later. They loved the waves and ocean. They built their first sand castles ever.




At 2:00, we went to Hooters to watch the CARDS play. Big letdown. By now, everyone knows they are out of the tournament. However, we did have some luck there. When we ordered our food, my clam chowder came out first...but no appetizers that we had ordered for the kids. The kids were starved. Then, Mike's wings came. Then Mikey's wings. Still no burgers for Matthew and Kennady. My salad had not arrived either. The waitress checked with us twice. Finally, the burgers came. My salad was still no where to be found. She went and checked, and finally came back with it. All this time, we had not complained. I just didn't have it in me to complain another day. All of a sudden, a manager stopped by to chat with us. We told her where we were from, and she told us the hotspots to go to in Destin. She thanked us for coming to Hooters, and apologized for the food being late. A few minutes later, the waitress brought Mike and I a pitcher of beer, on the house, because her manager told her to give it to us. They were sorry about our food being late. How sweet was that? The beer was the best beer I had ever had. It was Southern Pecan Lazy Magnolia. I will have to have more of this. We found it at the local Winn Dixie. At least the day was not a total loss.

We then took the kids shopping at the different souvenir shops around the strip. Kennady and Mikey got boogie boards to ride the waves. Matthew was going to wait for another store to find the perfect souvenir.

We came back and it was too cold to go out to the ocean. The kids went down and swam in the indoor pool for a while. Kennady found the sauna and fell in love with it. She thought it was a cool way to dry her swimsuit. ha, ha.

Maybe we will get sun tomorrow. We can only hope.