Family Beach Pictures 2018

I have always wanted to have family pictures taken at the beach and we decided to splurge this year and do it!  Let me tell you that was even more stressful than a normal family photo shoot but I'm so glad we did it!  

Amber drove over Sunday night and met us at the house to take our pictures.  We took the large family picture first because that was the most important.  Next, we let mom and dad take their pictures with the kids, then Jordan and Katie, and then us.  Whew.  It was exhausting but well worth it!

Love our big family picture! 

 Our family pictures:

And this picture is my favorite:

Love!!

Beach Trip 2018!

In June, we enjoyed another fun week at the beach with our family at Santa Rosa Beach!  Unfortunately, it rained and rained and we ended up leaving a day early because of the weather, but we still managed to squeeze in some fun in between storms!

 Playing cornhole at the Donut Hole one morning at breakfast. 

 Kate begged us for this flamingo, which was the biggest hassle to bring down to the beach!  

The boys enjoyed sharing the big lobster Uncle Jordan bought for them.  If Kate had a huge beach float, they needed one too!

 Notice the clouds behind us...typical day at the beach that week.

  Most of our daily beach trips started like this:

 And ended like this:

Rain, rain, go away!!

And the rain did let up occasionally!  And when it did, we were ready! 

Sun!

 One night, we took the kids to Pier Park and enjoyed a delicious dinner at The Front Porch and then a train ride and bumper boats after!

 I have a feeling we will be back next year for the bumper boats.  The kids had a blast!

 If we weren't at the beach, we tried to make the most of our time by doing a little shopping.  We didn't much at all on these trips but it was fun to window shop. 

  So thankful we were able to spend a week at the beach - rain or shine!