We opted for a early beach trip this year. The girlies got to skip school a few days for fun filled family time. Love getting to make sweet memories with our little family. 

Love these three! Mommy was packing while they were relaxing

Sweet Ivy rode down with aunt Stacy and Lisa early Thursday while Mark and Chris waited to get the big girls from school. Al and Mimi drew pictures with her while we waited on lunch
 

First picture at the beach this year. We drove down through a little bit of rain and it stormed at the beach so it was a little cooler than we wanted and a lot more breezy

While the ladies went bak to the store to get the few things we’d forgotten Al took sweet Ivy to the indoor pool. she met a little girl and got to play. We got back and Lisa put on her swim suit to go play with her but they were coming up as we were heading out 

Thank you for letting our sweet girl have a little fun

We relaxed a few minutes in the condo then made our way down to the beach but it was a little too cold with the wind after the storms that blew thru so we did not get to stay very long
 
Our sweet girls said she was ready for sissy and her cousins; she decided it was more fun when they were all together

The rest of the gang arrived! First stop, hot tub
         
Cousin/sister spend the night parties are so much fun
   

Breakfast shenanigans Friday morning

Katie checked out the weather before we headed down for our first full day at the beach
 
These girls are nuts! Mimi and Lisa were wrapped up in towels but they were having a blast in the ocean
   
They warmed up at the indoor pool and we got to all play in the water
 
Chris had to go get his international boarding pass thing inMS so it was just the Lisa and girls with the rest of the family for most of the day

Sweet Mimi and Al all laughs.
Silly Sara expecting a good time. 
  
Toasting to a fun trip before lunch

Entertaining the girls while we wait for our lunch at Cobalt’s

Thankful it warmed up enough for the girls to go around the lazy river and slide but still too cold for the adults
    
The hot tub was needed to warmup afterwards 

Sweet Katie enjoyed a little time alone in the hot-tub and game time with the adults

Evening time is our favorite time on the beach! 
          

Saturday finally started to warm up a little 
Let the fun at the beach begin since it is not so windy
    
Love how their personalities come through these pictures
   
 
 
Thankful for sweet snuggles on the beach after lots of playtime! Love these moments
   
      
 
Chris and Mark took the girls way out in the ocean. Thankful Chris enjoys the ocean and doesn’t mind the cold water
 
Mommy and Ivy hung out on the beach to stay warm while the big girls were in the ocean

Of course the hot-tub was popular place to warm up
These two are great girl daddy’s!  

Fun in the condo
 
Watching a beach wedding. There was 3 in one afternoon
 
Fun game time in the evening

Sunday we got donuts since it is a tradition to have them one morning at the beach. 
Thank you Mimi and Al for getting to the donut shop and being first in line to get them. 
 
Beach fun
    
Sweet Leia met Riley who happened to be one of Lisa’s friends from high schools daughter; it’s a small world
 
Early dinner before we went back to enjoy the evening on the beach

These four … going to be interesting when they are all teenagers
    
Made momma a little nervous them leaning over like that

Most peaceful time on the beach
 
   
  
Katie caught a fish 
   
She loves to play! Hope she never loses the sweet, happy heart    

Monday, we enjoyed the last day on the beach before we headed home. We did not get as many pictures since we were just savoring the moments but we enjoyed every last minute on vacation
 
Chris wrote us a message in the sand
  
Lisa promised the girls I’d go down the slide so we fulfilled the promise but boy was it cold
 
Playing a game outside Doc’s Seafood while we waited on food. These two have fun everywhere they go