Vacation with the Gladneys

We have been back in the "real world" for a week now after spending a week in Destin with the Gladney family. Vacation for the Gladneys includes a lot of sleeping, eating, sitting by the pool and playing games. There is the occasional time spent actually on the beach and of course an afternoon or 3 at the outlet mall. We had a great time and hated to have to come back to the oppressive heat of Mississippi.

Here Dad, Chad, and Beth are waiting their turn to play our new favorite game, ladder ball.

Here is Dave holding what looks like a marine biology class on the beach one evening.

Gloria and Beth practically ran down the beach to witness bridal pictures being taken. Chad later went down to check out the action.

The red and purple flags flew over the beaches all week. Thanks to a public service commercial involving children ages 8-12 yelling what each colored flag meant, we knew the "RED MEANS SURFERS ONLY!" and "PURPLE IS FOR DANGEROUS MARINE PESTS...BE SURE TO SHUFFLE YOUR FEET!" I don't think shuffling my feet would have kept a single jellyfish from stinging my legs, but the commercial was quoted often.