Beach Vacay {2018}

We took a trip down to beautiful Santa Rosa Beach, Florida last month for a short vacay with friends/family. You remember our cousins?

Beach trips are definitely dab-worthy!:)

We arrived at the condo in the late afternoon with enough time to unpack and take a dip in the condo's pool before going out to dinner at the SteamBoat Grill. After dinner, we headed to The Hub. The kids had fun running around and playing "Hank ball" on the lawn area.

The next morning, we headed straight to the beach.

Evan spent most of his time near the shore and building sand castles.

Chloe loved riding the waves and playing frisbee with Daddy.

That evening, we took a short drive down 30A to Seaside Beach.

We ate dinner at Bud & Alley's. That view, though!

We spent another morning on the beach.

Chloe was bound and determined to catch a minnow.

I was worn out from our beach fun that morning and decided to take a nap that afternoon. After dinner, we met back up with the cousins for our final night at The Hub. The "hub-bies" were missing from this photo. Ha!
 

It was a fun trip and we enjoyed the company! Other than visiting with family, the longest I've been on vacation is four days. It's really time to do something about that. I can't wait for our next beach vacay!

An Awesome LEGO Party! {Evan's 8th Birthday}

We celebrated Evan's 8th birthday this weekend with a LEGO-themed party!

Over the past couple of years, Evan has become quite the little artist. He decided that this year's party would be held at his favorite pottery painting studio, Paint & Clay.

Here are a few pictures of our party décor.

Chloe woke up bright and early on the morning of the party to assemble this LEGO "8" for her brother and the party! We had seen this while searching for party ideas on Pinterest. What's the saying? " The family that party plans together..." I'll let you fill in the blank.

We remembered to take a few pictures before the party started.

Both kids are getting so tall. It may be time to start rethinking how we position ourselves in family photos.

While we waited for our party guests to arrive, the kids played with the LEGO pieces from our centerpieces, cute and functional.

Then, the party festivities and pottery painting fun began.

We sang "Happy Birthday" and ate cake.

As a party memento, all the party guests helped design a plate for Evan. Evan's handprint in the middle was the finishing touch.

As the party was winding down, I took pictures of Evan with his remaining guests.

We didn't forget the grandmothers!:)

This party was a lot tamer than many of our past parties, but the kids enjoyed themselves. Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate with us and made the party so special. You're awesome! And to my sweet, intelligent, artistic, handsome, charismatic, and hilarious boy, I hope you had a Happy Birthday!

Links to Evan's previous birthday parties:
Evan's 7th AUsome Birthday Party
Evan's 6th Superhero Birthday Party
Evan's 5th Star Wars Birthday Party
Evan's 4th Cars Birthday Party
We celebrated Evan's 3rd Birthday at the beach.

This is How We Valentines!

Our annual Valentine's Day donut breakfast!

I know that some consider this a silly holiday, but what can I say, we love celebrating it! Happy Valentine's Day!