the countdown to family vacation began in may. jake would ask every single day, "mommy how many more days until we go to the beach?" you could sense his level of excitement. finally, the day came. we woke up early....EARLY....in the morning to drive down to the beach. jake and allie slept majority of the way and were absolutely thrilled when we arrived. jim found the most amazing (and i mean AMAZING) condo for us to stay in. not to mention that it was a private suite with it's own elevator. yeah, we felt like royalty. the condo was ginormous and beautifully decorated. we literally threw all our bags in our room and took off to the beach with the kids. it was allie's first time at the beach and she LOVED it. jake was fearless in the water, which i'll admit, make me very nervous. we went to church on sunday morning and ate lunch as a family afterwards...all 12 of us.
there was lots of playing in the ocean, jumping waves, building sandcastles, ice cream on the beach, suncreen being applied a thousand times, naps, pringles cans, and most of all lots of laughter and family time. nothing spells love quite like T.I.M.E. josh and i even got to take a day to go on a date and play a "rematch" round of putt-putt. i beat josh (for the first time ever WITH a 30 lb. baby on my hip) and he was a little bitter about that, so we had a rematch. he won, but i'll totally take that one win!
i absolutely had a blast at the beach with josh's family and can't wait to do it again!!!
