Rosemary Beach 2017

Leo took his first trip to the beach in July.  It took a lot of courage to agree to a trip with a 5, 3 and 2 month old children.  However, we thought a two month old would be an easier traveler than a 1 year old.  And much to our surprise they all three did pretty great!

The car packed and loaded with three little ones...

I spent a lot of time in the backseat...

Next to this one...

We rented a beach house and stayed with my sister Kristin, her husband Tim, and their two boys Max and Luke along with my mom and stepdad.  Then my sister Nicole, her husband Kurt and their three kiddos rented a house nearby.  This was a great opportunity to spend time together as a big family.  We only get to see Nicole and her family once a year because they live in Arizona.

The cousins were so happy to see each other.  We spent a lot of time at the pool...

Some time at the splash pad near the donut truck...

And several days at the beach....

We loved spending time with our cousins...

Leo loved being adored by everyone...

 The boys were so exhausted each and everyday that we had a lovely nap each afternoon...

We had so much fun with our family...

Especially when Uncle Kurt brings us the best mojitos...

We had to document our time at the beach with all of the cousins by getting professional pictures taken.  These are the ones I took, I will share more when I get them back from the photographer...

We had the best time and the kids were doing so well in the car that we decided to drive the 11 hours straight home from Rosemary.  We were so happy to be home and have the entire Sunday to get settled, that is until we walked down to our basement and found this....

 Three inches of standing water...

Our sump pump stopped working and the battery went out on our back up.  We spent the entire night and next day getting everything out of the basement and drying out.  

Now three months later we have it completely renovated and it looks better than ever.  Brad decided to turn a bad decision into a good one and finally got the theater room he always wanted.  It was an extremely stressful month after we returned and we are now getting things back on track.