When transferring my photos from my iCloud to my external hard drive, I noticed so many pictures that deserved a permanent spot here on my blog. While they may not warrant a full blog post, I want them here. So, here's a random dump of moments from August.
On our last full day in Florida, we rented a pontoon boat. We did this once in Destin and we had a complete blast! We wanted to get out on the water a bit and check out some areas you couldn't reach otherwise.
On Wednesday, we took Mason to an indoor activity center called Wonderworks. There were all kinds of hands-on exhibits, a ropes course, and even a few rides. It was a fun place to spend the morning!
On Tuesday, we decided to go check out Pier Park. This is an area that offers all kinds of shopping, restaurants, and of course, a pier. The entire family went, but we kind of split up based on what everyone wanted to do.
On this day, we spent the majority of it in the ocean and at the beach. All 27 of us loaded up and went down for the day. Well, some very awesome men in our family woke up at sunrise and went down to stake out a spot for us. Bless them!
Our next day in Panama City Beach, FL was another pool day! We decided to just hang out around the condo and wait on the other 22 family members to arrive!
After sleeping over in Hattiesburg, we got up the next morning and made the next leg of our drive! We were Panama City Beach bound!! The drive was smooth and we got there right after our check-in time.
Several months back we began planning a big family summer vacation to Florida. Twenty-two of my family members were going, plus us three, and Nate's parents...making it 27 of us total! We stayed at Shores of Panama, but we all had separate condos! The five of us left a couple days early so that we could break up the driving into two days. We had hoped to stay in Laurel, MS where they film the show Home Town (one of my favorites), but a baseball tournament had all the rooms booked up. We did take a little tour through the town, though! I was bummed we didn't see Erin and Ben! :)
I've been so busy catching up on the blog (since St Patrick's Day) but I wanted to post something a little more recent. A weekend wrap-up! It used to be a common thing around here and I miss posting a little of our day-to-day. I love weekends with my favorite people!
On the fourth day of our Port Lavaca vacation, we decided to go back to Matagorda to spend the day at the beach. We enjoyed it the night before and knew we wanted to come back...with swimsuits this time.
On day three of our trip, the morning started out rainy. We played some card games in the camper until the rain passed. The crew was hungry for some seafood, so that landed us in Matagorda! There wasn't much in the small town our KOA was at, so a quick Internet search took us to a place called Waterfront in Matagorda.
On day 2 of our Port Lavaca camping trip, we decided to hit up the beach. We searched a couple that were close and decided on Magnolia Beach. This was our first time in this area, so we were not too familiar with the nearby beaches. Magnolia sounded like it would be nice...
Nate's parents booked a camping trip for the 4th of July weekend down in Port Lavaca, TX. Some good family friends of ours joined us as well. Nate's parents, Ty & Michelle got there on Thursday afternoon and we met them there that evening. Nate worked a half day and I worked until 4pm. We were packed and ready to go the minute I got off work!
Hi!! I am Crystal. Daughter of the One True King, wife to my high-school sweetheart Nathan and Mama to a 13 year old boy named Mason. We're the Halls and we love to travel around Texas {or anywhere, really}. I blog about our daily life, traveling, DIY'ing, and everything in between. Welcome and thank you for stopping by!