God, do your thing!

I have had the most fun time at the beach! Destin is by far the best place to relax and rejuvenate the soul. Preacher at church last Sunday said that he was at Yellowstone National Park and God said - look at what I created. Without any man made interference - I did this. This is what I can do when you let ME DO MY THING. Wow! That is kind of how I felt when I saw these sunsets at the beach. No, they do not even begin to capture the magnitude of God's beauty - but it does make you sit back and think. Hey, what if I didn't interfere with what God was doing in my life - What do you think would happen? Would you begin to see miracles, would jobs line up, would sicknesses begin to heal, would troubles seem to leave? Life might be a little easier - if we just let GOD DO HIS THING.

Yah, okay - now that I look at it - It's pretty disgusting! haha but here is a better picture from the back porch looking onto the Bay side (not ocean front).

And then here is one of a prettier day at the beach!

If you haven't been reading my blog Miss Cupcake Queen (Here) then you probably don't know about my obsession and insane craving for blueberries. After my diet for Miss Arkansas I have been craving blueberry ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING! I am pretty sure I showed you yesterday the blueberry cake thing that Bethany and I made, so today I am going to show you the blueberry things I ate.

This is a blueberry pancake my dad made for me. I grew up eating powdered sugar and butter on my waffles and pancakes - call me weird, I know! But I love it! In fact, everyone was making fun of how much powdered sugar I had put on my Pancake in ratio with the actual BLUEBERRY pancake. Let me tell you - it was so good. Dad put real blueberries in it. It was delicious. He told me a trick that I will share with you: Heat the blueberries up in a ziplock bag before putting them in the batter - that gets some juices out of the berries so that they will mix in the pancake batter and give a fresh berry taste! Nom. Nom. Nom.

For lunch we went to Panera Bread and then got FRO - YO at 32 degrees. It was really good - of ocurse I got the Blueberry Cheesecake yogurt with real berries on top. DELICIOUS!





A picture of the Fro- Yo bar. It is actually a really cute place - but it was legit 32 degrees in there. It was a freaking ice box! yikes! we sat outside.



Girls Night Out! We all went to the Back Porch for dinner.

1. took Molly Anne forever and a day to eat her 1/2 pound of crab legs - we had paid and she had cleared our table before Molly Anne was finished. ha

2. Our waitresses arm muscles were ripped = we eventually asked her if she was a gymnast. She said yes, when I was younger! What! I wish I had arms like that good grief!

3. We no lie - sat down at 9:30, food at 10:15 and did not leave until 11. late night. yikes! still fun oh and we got t-shirts out of the meal!








After dinner - we stopped by Alvin's Island.

1. the most perverted shirts I have ever seen - i will never walk back in another one of those stores.

2. my sister got a cute destin shirt - (last picture)

3. Molly Anne won $2 in quarters out of this gambling machine.

NOTE TO READERS: she lost it all trying to win MORE! GAMBLING does that to you - don't waste your money. Okay, off the soap box. :)










Last morning there - Bethany And I made a spread of breakfast! Everybody was happy :) it was a good day. Cinnamon Rolls, Bisquits and Jelly, Eggs, and Sausage. Wow! Just call us IHOP!






This catches McKenzie in Action! She was spitting off of the 12 floor and trying to hit the man doing yard work. after about 5 tries.. she actually did it! No worries, he had a hat on.



Then, finally our last night - we had picture time! Here are some of the best!

This is my family!

All of the girls that went! We had a blast can you tell!

Then we went to the Mellow Mushroom and had some pizza!

Remember that no matter what happens - the same God that puts the stars out at night, and the same God that created sunset and waters the earth - cares for you!

He loves you. Be blessed in that and Thankful and have bliss in your life.
Abby

Beach fun - more like chill time!

Bethany and I are having a blast at the beach!!! And we have created a phrase "it's all about the blog!" so I have been taking good pictures all day and thinking I could so blog about this! Enjoy these pictures!!! And there is a surprise ending!!

My dad is good at a lot of things especially lawyer stuff, but one thing a judge wouldn't know he is good at is cooking breakfast! This is an egg sandwich he made for himself! No worries I made my own breakfast... Rude! Haha just kidding, we are having oatmeal most mornings!







Nom nom nom: holy cow we were watching just married this morning and they said nomnomnomit was so random but hilarious because we havebeen talking about it all week and using it!!! Funny huh!


As promised pictures of our hollywood gym!! Amazing!















There are big screens everywhere!! Today on the elliptical I was watching 3 different sports channels ::: Heaven!!!



The bathroom! I was in love with this leather ottoman!



Me working out!!!



A stretch limo hummer truck thing! Dad said for
Me to tell you not to ever ride in these because they are built on 3 frames and if someone were to t-bone you, it would split the limo in half! Dad said he had a case were 2 people died from that! YIKES!



My Mickey mouse family stickers!!! Love it!



Our dinner tonight!!! Fries and burgers!! Love it!



Watermelon by the gallon! Haha whole new meaning!



My dad throwing up the deuces! He is the craziest ever!!! But he is the greatest cook ever! He makes the best shrimp too.



Beth and me eating cheese dip! Again my dad makes it! He adds sausage! It's amazing!



Laura Leigh jumped in someones fountain on our golf cart ride. Haha it was so funny we dared her and he actually did it!





Tomorrow we are waking up to see the dolphins at 6 am and then running to Starbucks and then headed to the outletsto shop!! I'm so excited!! Polo here I come!

Here is your surprise!! My boyfriend (it is so fun to say that) Taylor with his cousin Harper! Adorable!! I love it!










Have a great day!!

My chill week has begun!

Okay, so after a week at Miss Arkansas one needs a bit of a break. So my family came to Destin! It has been a blast so far. I brought one of my best friends with me, well she kind of invited herself, but I'm so glad she did!!! It's been so fun thus far!!

Here is our story in pictures!!!

First we went to Target so Molly Anne could pick up some care package needs for her "friend" Patrick that is in the navy right now! As we were waiting : McKenzie, my cousin sees this card and the first thing she says is "man wouldn't you hate to be the model for this card!" hahaha are you serious!! I mean how Many times have u seen these cards and how many times do you think that!! Never!! She has been that funny the whole trip!!




This morning I was craving blueberry stuff so I made blueberry muffins, except we didnt have a muffin pan so we used a bundt Pan and made a Cake type thing! I adde extra blueberrys!









It looked wonderful!!!




Until I couldn't get it out havent really mastered that yet!




After breakfast, my dad took me and beth to the gym. This is how my dad keeps up with everything! I HEFTY zip lock! Talk about tacky! But I guess whatever floats your boat!




This is our gym in Destin.. On the inside it looks like a Hollywood gym! I'll post pictures tomorrow!




After workout we stopped at the seafood market! Favorite place in destin! Dad picks up crab salad, tuna salad, and 4 pounds of fresh shrimp!! YUM!




The raw fish! Please remember we just worked out!!




All of the variety of fish that they offer! You should go if you r ever in Destin!!




Headed to HarborDocks for dinner! Bethany, me, sister Molly Anne




Blackened Red Snapper! Yes please! It was soo good!




Caroline, McKenzie, and Laura Leigh at harbor docks




Then we went and saw Monte Carlo in a ghetto theater! But it was very Disney channel, but it was cute!! I love this yellow dress!! Agh it's yummy

Hope you enjoyed our day!!

See you tomorrow!
Abby