Saturday, June 14, 2008

We just returned, exhausted and rested (is that possible???), from a weeklong Destin vacation with the whole DeLong crew. My parents were gracious enough to treat all of us to the beach vacation and, I must say, it couldn't have been better. Below is the whole gang. Not everyone was excited about having to go to the beach for the pictures, but I think that they'll be glad that we have it.
Papa, Momo and the boys....
The cutest boys on the beach...
We didn't manage to get any really good family pictures. Here is one that's okay.
Brax on the beach...
Sweet little Brody, covered in sand and smiling just the same!


Brody, standing with Papa and experiencing the ocean for the first time.
The boys and Momo in the pool...
Whew... It's tiring when you're a cool surfer on the beach
Aunt Abby and Brody, ready to head out to dinner.


Sweet boys on the beach...
Brax had quite a fear of the water when we first arrived... As the week went on, he started to warm up to it a little. Here he is "boogey-boarding" in the ocean.

Brody spent most of his time under the tent with Papa. He loved the sand and would roll right off of the towels and grab a mouth full! I was thankful that he isn't crawling yet.

Cute baby with the beach in the background!
Here's Brax, enjoying a kiddie ride! We took him to this "amusement park" where he rode a kiddie ferris wheel, enjoyed water bumper boats with Uncle Jared (or Runkle Jawed as Brax calls him), and "drove" go karts.
We had such a great time that I had a very hard time choosing which pictures to post. Thank you, Momo and Papa, for a great family vacation!!

8 comments:

The Wessons said...

Looks like you guys had a great time with plenty of help.

Lincoln said...

How fun! We love the pictures! We need to take a vacation together so our boys can play! Miss you! Trish and Linc

Cristie said...

Your boys are too cute! I love the photo of Brax just chillin on his boogie board.

Dee-Dee said...

Great pictures! Your boys are just too cute! Ahhh - to be at the beach...

Blessed said...

We just missed yall. We were there the week before you! I love all of your beach pictures. Your boys are both just adorable! :)

Sallie said...

BEAUTIFUL family pic, Darci! you look gorgeous! I miss you guys and hate that we didn't get to spend any time together really while we were in Nashville...We'll be back again this summer though, so we must get together! Love you guys!

Andrew and Carter's Mom said...

Hey Darci, it's Amber (Willis) Charapata from OHPA! You have such a beautiful family. I love looking at your blog and seeing all the great pics of your boys, so cute!! Dee-Dee just called and told me about Pam Tyler, I know you guys are close, so I was hoping you could help keep me updated since I live in Chattanooga. Dee-Dee didn't know any details, I wish I lived there so I could go visit, but all I could do was send flowers. Please email me or comment on my blog with any updates. andrewmichaelcharapata.blogspot.com or acharapata@comcast.net

Jenny Beth said...

Beautiful pics of the family and looks like you had a great time at the beach. Your boys are too cutie pies!!!!