Vacation pictures

This was our third annual trip to Florida with our best friends. 

I don’t take it for granted that we have such amazing friends in our lives. In every area from our church, to our family, and people we grew up with. We have known the Brauns and Galls longer than most of our friends and have traveled with them a lot. It’s rare that you can find a group of people that can spend extended periods of time together in one house, and not get severely on each others nerves. But, we know each other well enough to love each other through it and truly enjoy the company. I love having friends that my children respect and love as parent figures and love their children as siblings. I love having these memories for them to look back on. Our trips mean a lot to me and my family. I feel completely blessed.

My beauties on the bridge to the beach outside our rental house.

Melody and sweet Shiloh, not enjoying the sand.

Look how big my baby is!!

Happy Evangeline!

Melody and Tristan

Our group at a Fort in St. Augustine.

Genevieve, happy on the beach!

Our girls discovering the freedom of getting dirty.

And discovering the consequences of sand on your face!

Our men. Already look like old men with their pipes.

Nothing better than ice cream on the beach!

The stairs up to the lighthouse.

Silas was the only kid tall enough to climb.