In June we went to the Gulf with my entire (all 7 kids!) family for a beach vacation. It was a week of fun, sunshine and chaos! Drew and Harper loved the beach even more this year, venturing out into the waves with Nate (or Andrew sometimes did alone I think to scare me to death!) and Holland enjoyed long naps on the beach snuggled up on whoever was holding her. We had absolutely perfect weather (sunshine every day!) and while vacations with kids are anything but relaxing these days, we had a great time watching all the cousins play together and enjoying the beautiful beach every day!
Harper and Leena were the best of friends the entire week!
Perfect blue water!
Grandpop made pancakes just about every morning for these kiddos!
Beautiful house we stayed in thanks to my parents!
Uncle Mark, Julianne and Harper venturing into the ocean.
June and Mason (6 months old here) dip their toes in the ocean for the first time!
Erin took Harper and Leena on countless walks down the beach so I could hold Holland while she slept.
This little rascal is 1 1/2 and into everything…kept us all on our toes the whole week but she sure is cute!
Andrew continued his yearly tradition of digging and constructing in the sand of course.
The house had a pool too, which was nice for when babies slept inside during the afternoon. Nate and Mark took turns tossing Andrew back and forth, which he absolutely loved!
Annual night in Seaside for dinner and ice cream…the logistics of getting all of us out the door, there and fed were impressive to say the least!
Professional dad in action here…juggling ice cream and a newborn:)
Please, kids…go run off some of that energy!
Every morning Harper wanted Aunt Laura to french braid her hair and this was basically the only 10 minutes of the day she sat still.
Group shot of everyone…only 356 attempts to get (most) everyone looking at the camera!
3 screaming babies are not easy on the ears but they sure are cute:)
Laura can balance 2 babies like a pro!
Playing in the waves with Grandpop
Evening run down to the shore
Holland clearly had a stressful first vacation to the ocean.
Josh, Nate and Mark grilled up some amazing shrimp for dinner one night. While Harper wouldn't touch it, Andrew ate his weight in shrimp!
By the end of the week, Grandpop was worn out...
