Beach Trip - Perdido Key, FL

May 8-16, 2008: Our first vacation to Florida as a family of 4 was great. We took 2 days to drive down and had horrible weather, but we made it fine. A rock cracked our windshield about 30 minutes from the beach...of well...I'm sure it won't be the last damage to my new car! We were all excited to meet baby Elizabeth - even Drew! The resort where we stayed was wonderful. There were 3 outdoor pools, 3 indoor, and a lazy river. Drew enjoyed all the big waterslides and quickly got over any lignering fear of the water! Saturday was cousin Julie's wedding. It was lovely and she was beautiful! We enjoyed the reception and getting to hang out with all the cousins we don't see very much. Monday we finally made it to the beach and Drew had a great time playing in the sand with Caroline (3). We had to say goodbye to Auntie Maggie, Uncle Jim and baby Elizabeth early Tuesday morning and then we spent more time at the awesome pools. On Wednesday, Grandma kept Allen so we could have some quality time with Drew at the beach. It was great! He played so hard in the sand and really enjoyed having our full attention. We had to leave on Thursday and drove again through storms. We stopped that evening in Atlanta to see Rusty, Bernie and Olivia since they weren't able to make it to the wedding. We really enjoyed spending time with them and the kids played nicely together! We finally made it home on Friday and dumped everything in the house...and we're still digging out...