The Adventures of Ellie and Alexa...: 2 weeks in Destin...almost!

Hey everyone!

Hard to believe, but we are already 1/3 of our way through our time down here in Florida! The time is passing so quickly. We're having a wonderful time, but staying really busy with the fast pace of the program! Ellie is LOVING all of her new friends. So much so, that she is completely worn out every night. Our night owl has turned into an early to bed little girl and has usually crashed out by 9pm! It will be interesting when we get back to school! The funny thing is, she is still sleeping until about 9am and then up for an hour or two and back down for a 2 hour nap. I think our girl is GROWING and needing her extra beauty sleep... :)

She still loves her bathtime and is thrilled that we have a huge tub down here. I have been giving her baths most nights (compared to every 3 nights back home!) and she just plays and plays. She's at such a fun age... Now if I can just keep her from drinking her bathwater (yuck!) and trying to stand up and slipping and falling back down into the tub! Here are a couple of bathtime pics...

Another FUN adventure Ellie and I had together was going to these shooting fountains at one of the outdoor malls down here... A couple of the other Moms and I got our kiddos all suited and sunscreened up (which is a huge process in and of itself!) and let them play in the water to their heart's content! You can't necessarily tell it from the pictures (Ellie squints a TON in the sunshine and it makes her look like she isn't so happy!) but she had a BLAST crawling at mock speed through the shooting water... She has absolutely no fear and would stick her face right in the water. I told Joel he has to go back with me next time. It was definitely memorable!

One of the parts of the program is getting to have different teams over for dinner! Tuesday night we had these beautiful KSU ladies over for some chicken enchiladas... We had such a fun time together...

And last but not least, we just got home from an evening in Seaside, a little town about 30 minutes from here... Joel, Ellie and I headed over there to check it out cause the KSU students who are in Destin and those in Panama City are meeting there for the afternoon on Saturday! We're sad that our students and staff are split up for the summer, but so glad that it's just a short jaunt to meet them halfway... We got a few fun pics while we were there.

Ellie made a new friend named Paxton. She seems to LOVE boys! Yikes...

Just couldn't seem to get Ellie to look at the camera! She was so distracted by all the people walking by. We have one incredibly curious little lady, that's for sure!