Three's Company: Family Beach Trip

I have been SO excited about our family beach trip this year! Last year, Mason was only 5 months old and hated the beach/sand, so I was very hopeful that with him being older he would enjoy it better. Which, he did! So where do I start?! The first weekend was just Kyle, Mason, myself and my brother... it was relaxing and low key. We even took Mason out to dinner one night and he did AWESOME (this is something we rarely do these days!). With my brother being in school for the summer, he had to leave Sunday afternoon. We definately missed him during the week, but he was able to come back the second weekend to join in the fun. By Monday, the rest of the family joined us and we kicked off the week soaking up rays in the pool.

Hea and Jay with the girls

Daddy and daughter

How stinkin cute are these swimsuits!? They just don't make stuff this cute for boys!

My parents bought all the babies matching floaties in hopes that they could spend more time actually in the water instead of just in their rafts. Unfortunately, these floaties didn't work...but luckily, Mason still loved his raft from last year! He was content to stay in there "chillin" the entire time! I did manage to get some cute pics of the babies in their floaties.

At least they came in handy for entertaining the babies!

It took Mason a while to get adjusted to the ocean and sand, but after about 10 minutes he was perfectly happy building sand castles and letting the waves splash on him. His cousin Maggie played with us in the sand (Emily was not a fan of the sand!).

I mean how cute am I??

I love that my sister and I have babies that are so close in age... they play together so well and keep each other company so that I can have adult time! The babies loved playing on the deck with all their beach toys.

Those of you who know me know that I hate dirty feet and rarely go barefoot, so these nasty feet on my child screamed "CLEAN THE DECK"

Instead of finding a random person on the beach to take our family pictures this year, we hired a professional to take them. So, I don't have family pics available yet, but will post as soon as I do! The photographer didn't allow us to take pictures with our own camera during the session, but while he was away for a couple seconds I managed to steal a quick few of Mason...

The day after this Orange Beach received 12 inches of rainfall... I would say a red flag was fitting

Maybe I see a model in the future? I doubt it, but he couldn't have posed better!

My sister has started to do embroidery and monogramming, which is awesome news for me!! She made matching outfits for the babies and of course I had to take pictures!