first week of break

This year we had Christmas with my parents and younger sister and grandparents. We missed having Chelsea and Tyler with us! But nonetheless we had a great time together. We didn't stay home for too long because the day after we got there we loaded up the cars and headed out!

We drove to New Orleans the first day and explored that night. For dinner we went to this place called the Red Fish Grill and it was DELICIOUS! For dessert we ate a double chocolate bread pudding that was heavenly. The next day we walked around more of New Orleans in the morning and went to the French market to get beignets from Café du Monde. On the way out of town we drove through old town and antique shops and all the restored houses. Then we made it the rest of the way to Destin, Florida.

On Christmas Eve we went shopping at the outlets, went swimming and hot tubbing and went to the village nearby. That night we had a big family dinner and played games. My cousins were there too. We also watched the “Joy to the world” nativity movie and opened pajamas.

Christmas Day we woke up to presents! We had a cute little tree with sea-shell ornaments and also Santa found us! Paul and I got money for getting scuba certified! I also got lots of clothes and jewlry and i gave Paul a juicer which we are both really excited about. We had a big family breakfast then went to the beach! We flew a kite, put our feet in the water, Paul got in all the way and body surfed, built sand castles. The beach on Christmas!! Then we went to a movie (Bedtime stories) and then we got to talk to Mike on the phone! That night we went to dinner at the Marlin Grill.. also DELICIOUS and then played more games and went hot tubbing.
Friday we went shopping a little, then we went Go-kart racing at this place with a wooden track that everyone kept getting stuck sidways but was super fun. On Saturday we drove home. The week went by so fast but we had a great Christmas and a really fun time being in some nice weather!