Destin and Helena Vacations

June 21st we drove from The Woodlands to Destin, Florida to spend the week with Mom, Dad, Jeremy, and Angie at Edgewater Beach Condominiums. Kasey was able to spend one night with us before having to go to yet another cheer camp back home in Georgia. We had a wonderful week playing in the surf (the kids had a blast jumping the waves that came ashore), swimming in the pools, playing shuffleboard, shopping at the outlet mall, playing miniature golf at Big Kahuna, and hanging out in the condo watching TV and playing video games. Overall the weather was great while we were there.




June 28th we said farewell to Jerm and Angie and we followed Mom and Dad up to Helena to stay for a week. Dad and I spent much of the week down in the basement going through Grandma's belongings trying to get ready for the garage sale on July 5th. Andy, Mom, and I took the kids to Joe Tucker Park whenever we could so that they could run around and play. On July 4th we went to the amphitheater in Helena to listen to "Elvis", catch fireflies (the kids' favorite part), eat gelato, and watch fireworks. The fireworks display only lasted 15 minutes but the finale was awesome!




On July 5th we had the garage sale at Mom and Dad's house. Everything was going just fine until the rain came. Unfortunately we lost a lot of great sale time because of the weather and there were still a lot of things left unsold. Hopefully there can be another sale in the near future. Gwen and Chris came by after lunch that day and picked up the kids to take them to see Wall-E. They had a great time!

The next day we had to drive back to The Woodlands and return to our normal life again.