Our first real family vacation

We went on our first real family vacation last week to Miramar Beach FL. It was just us and the kids and we set off for a week at the beach. It was amazing. We had such a great time. our condo was great, right on the beach. The weather was perfect. The water was amazing. The kids slept in the same room for the first time ever and did great. Lee and I went to bed early a few nights and caught up on sleep. Our days consisted of mornings at the beach and pool. Lunch's and reading on the balcony overlooking the oceans. Afternoons sight seeing or lazing at the beach. It was awesome. We did have a few highlights. We took the kids to Gator Beach and got pretty up close and personal with some gators. We even got to pet one. Another afternoon we went to Gulf World in Panama City. It was pretty much like a miniature Sea World. But it was great because it was like Sea World minus everything we hate (lines, crowds, too big of a venue etc.) This place was pretty intimate and there was hardly anyone there. The kids thought it was awesome. Austin pet some stingrays and just went wild for the sea turtles. Kenzie loved the dolphins and birds. I have to admit I loved it all. After that we went to eat at Sharkey's open air restaurant on the beach. It was the most beautiful night. We ate right about the time the sun was going down.
We enjoyed running around on the beach and then the karaoke started. I told Lee I wanted to do it so he encouraged me. I asked Makenzie if she would want to do it with me. I expected her to be like "huh?" but as soon as I asked her if she wanted to sing with me she got so excited. She kept asking "is it our turn to sing yet?" So finally they called us up and Makenzie stole the show. It was so cute. She just belted it out, I couldn't hear myself or anything but her.
It was cute everyone stopped eating just to watch her. We had people coming around the corner from the hostess stand so they could watch this little 4 year old girl sing karaoke. It was really fun. Kind of a dream of mine, singing with my daughter. Enjoying something with her that I love so much. It was great. We spent the rest of our vacation in the sand or in the water. Makenzie is a little fish and wanted to spend every waking minute in the ocean. She is becoming quite the little swimmer. She made a lot of friends on the beach, so it was nice she had little friends to play with in the water. Austin perfected the art of throwing sand, or destroying anything that resembled a sand castle. That kid is all destruction right now. Coming home was hard, but we sure have some great memories to hold on to.