Our little family is currently enjoying an immensely relaxing beach vacation on St. George Island, Florida. I must say, I could go home tomorrow happy even though we have only been here one full day. The weather has been perfect, the ocean water is like bath water, and I'm finally getting to spend some precious time with my two favorite people, Aly and her daddy. What could be better? You simply can't look at the ocean without finding yourself to be incredibly blessed and unspeakably thankful.
After last year, we were a little afraid that Aly wouldn't go near the water or even put her feet in the sand. It took us a little while to warm her up to the idea, but once she got used to it, we couldn't keep her under the umbrella for anything. We just kept reapplying the SPF 50 every ten minutes and let her have her fun.
After dinner, we went back to the beach just to walk around a little and ended up collecting shells for about two hours! I don't know if I have ever seen my child more content than she was as she dug through the sand looking for shells and saying, "Oh, wow!" and "Pretty!" She ended up filling an entire bucket. I haven't quite figured out how to get them all home yet, but I am going to do it if I have to leave half of my wardrobe behind. Much too sweet of a memory to let go!
I know it's been a while since I have posted, but check back soon for more vacation pics! I promise to keep them coming. Wish you all were here!
