Been Beachin' It

Ahhhh! That is the "sound" of a week's worth of rest and relaxation in beautiful Seaside.  Oh my, we had such a good time that it was extremely hard getting back to reality on Tuesday morning! Reed and I went to Seaside/Seagrove Beach, Florida with four other couples (plus kids!) for a full week (Saturday to Saturday) and it was pure heaven.  I don't think we've taken a full week for vacation since our honeymoon so it was such a nice treat to wake up mid-week and realize we still had several days left to go! The families that went (the Blanks, the Samuels, the Allens, the Haralsons and us) holed up in a beautiful, 4-story beach house right on 30-A.  The house was amazing, complete with it's own pool, kiddie-pool and multiple balconies to take in the gulf!  Several nights there, we had dinner reservations at AWESOME restaurants: we had dinner at V Seagrove on Monday night to celebrate the birthdays of Anna and Morgan, dinner at Caliza in Alys Beach on Wednesday night and dinner at Borago on Friday night.  On Tuesday night, we cooked at home (Jacob's famous shrimp and Shannon's homemade pizzas) and Thursday night, we slipped into Seaside and had dinner at Bud & Alley's Taco Bar.  So much fun! All of the kiddos did GREAT (ages were 5 months - 2.5 years) and the adults are dying to go back already! 

Stafford did wonderfully on the beach, all laid out on beach towels, under an umbrella, surrounded by toys! He really liked floating in the pool, too!  Below are some pics from our awesome vacation:

drinks for the boys at Caliza



group shot on the beach

 big boy sat in a high chair for the first time at Chik-fil-A!

 the Stacy family on a lunch date

 swimming with daddy

 strolling to Seaside with the big boys

 finally meeting precious Jack Carr!

 my sweet boy!

 Stafford loved wearing his new shades

 cutie patootie in his new outfit from Honey!

 lunch at The Back Porch...my favorite!!

 family pic

 girl shot at Caliza

the whole gang