Now I know most people would probably take this vacation time as a means to kick back and not do the things you feel you have to do, like work out for example. But as I've mentioned in posts past - I have to run. Have to. It clears my head and really calms my moods a lot of times which right now is all over the place. I'm not getting much sleep, I have a terrible cough, Eva has some kind of cold and the kids are up and down with their moods as well from being so tired. SO- this morning, I strapped on my shoes, whipped out my jogging stroller and off we went. We, being lil man and I. Funny that as I started out I was thinking things like - I'll do 5 today. And - I wish I had my double so I could bring Skylar too. Hahahaha! So the humidity was fierce and the elevation gain - madness! I thought I was dying. Seriously. The views though were spectacular and hearing the waves crashing against the shore was so relaxing...at times. One thing I did notice though is that the runners there are not nearly as friendly as the runners here in Texas. Here, there's this camaraderie amongst runners and we all say hello or good morning. And I've often heard - good job mom! Being a great roll model for your kids! It's comforting and makes you press on. But here, in Destin, people look at you like your on drugs if you say good morning. And because my kids are also from Texas and raised right, Bryce would also throw his hand out and wave or say "good-job!" And for the 20 runners we passed, we maybe had 5 that returned our hellos. Sad. I told my mom that I want to move them here so we can teach 'em some manners. Here's our run..not too shabby considering I felt like poo.
Once we got done, I was beat but there was no time to relax. No sir. Had to quickly get them dressed for the beach and protected from the sun. Once they were ready to go, I sent them off while I quickly fed chunksters and then headed down to the beach with my crew. Of course Nana stayed behind...again. But she wouldn't be getting out of it for long since we have pictures tonight! Whoop! We had some more fun in the sand and waves and this time Papa hung out a bit longer. Skylar wanted us to build a "shark-castle" so we started digging up some sand. Problem was my "one-man wrecking crew" as Papa calls him. The kid just could not help himself. Each time we'd get a section done, here'd come Godzilla stamping it back into the ground. When it was no longer funny, Bryce got the message and kind of just hung out with Papa. It took us a while and our shark didn't really look ferocious but Skylar seemed pleased so we gave ourselves a quick pat on the back then motioned for Bryce to get on with it. He wasted no time either...smashing, kicking and even roaring as our shark became rubble again. Thankfully I snapped a quick pic beforehand.
We didn't want to tire the kids out too much since we had pics this evening so we let them play and run but no pool time when we got back. Nope..it was a quick lunch and straight to bed. Thank the Lord, they went to bed relatively easy. Nana and Papa decided to use this time to go shopping and Matthew and I decided it would be good for us to catch a quick nap too! Didn't take us long either. The beach certainly takes it out of you. Once we got up, everyone had a quick shower and we all started getting dressed. I was so pleased with how well their outfits came together and even more pleased at how well they behaved. Even the photographer couldn't get over it. Of course Bryce, in all his boy-ways, couldn't help but throw sand, go walking off into the bushes, or try to run straight for the water, but for the most part - it was a great night. Papa got these pics...
And this was our sneak from the photographer...try and contain yourself, they're quite stunning!
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