Our week at the beach

Nicholas and I just returned from a fabulous week in Destin, Florida with Mimi, PopPop, and Aunt Ashley. It was so sad being away from Graham for an entire week (he had to work) but we sure did enjoy ourselves. I don't know if Nicholas has ever had so much fun. We stayed in a cozy 2 bedroom cottage near the beach. It was a perfect place. They had a golf cart shuttle that would take us down to the beach if we didn't want to do the short walk and of course Nick loved this. The pool was a lot of fun and of course the beach was beautiful. One of Nicholas's favorite things was watching the numerous helicopters and airplanes that would fly over the beach. I really think he's going to be a pilot someday, he is so interested in them. On two of the nights we went to two different shopping areas that had some wonderful things for Nicholas to enjoy. His favorite things were the fountains that he could run and play through. The first time that he was surprised by the fountain underneath him, he got soaked and was really scared. After that he would only run around the perimeter and wouldn't risk getting near the spouts again. But the second night, he made friends with 2 sweet older boys age 7 and 4 and he wanted to copy everything they were doing in the water. It was so adorable. I've included a little video of Nicholas playing with Sam and Max in the fountain. Other highlights from the week include lots of relaxing beach time, pool time, and shopping at the outlet malls. Thank you Mimi and PopPop for a wonderful vacation!

Then 2 hours after returning from the trip, Graham and I got all dressed up to go to my 10 year high school reunion. It was a wonderful night that we enjoyed so much more than we expected to. Many of our old friends made it out to the party at Horseshoe Bend Country Club. It was neat catching up with everyone, even those that I wasn't that close too while in high school. And Graham even enjoyed himself with Matt and some new friends that he made. Then after the reunion we went down to the W hotel rooftop bar for the "alternate reunion" that someone had planned. We joked about how this was the trendiest place that we've ever been to, and here I am pregnant at this club. Here we saw some of my old friends that didn't make it to the regular reunion and we continued to catch up with those that came to the first party. It was a great night all around and I'm sad that we'll have to wait another 10 years to do it again!