Young Party of Four

This week's Friday Favorites is all about one of our favorite places: the beach! Summer is upon us. Technically, it feels like it is already here in Florida. Our favorite time of the year is actually summer. All of us would take summer over everything else because it means more visits to the beach. We wanted to share a few of our favorite items to use on the beach as well as a few of our favorite beaches in Florida in case we may have one you haven't tried yet and might like. Let's start with a few of our favorite things and our most common routine in case we have some tips for anyone that may like them. We have been perfecting our family beach routine for the last five years or so. We used to go a ton BC (Before Children), but once Kenzie came along it was a lot more difficult so we didn't go often. Then we increased our beach trips as she got older... and Will came along. We had more trouble going with babies, but we decided to not let it stop us. We have changed...

Well, it's over. We are officially home. I am sitting on my own couch, using my own Wi-Fi connection, and watching my own TV after taking a shower in my own shower. And I'm happy. Yet also sort of sad. It's always sad when a trip has to end and reality has to set back in. But I'm happy to be home in our house with the kids fast asleep in their own beds with a ton of new, fun memories to dream about. I'll miss listening to them giggle as they fall asleep together though and I think they were sort of sad tonight to not get to sleep together. Kenzie even said she could sleep in Will's room tonight if he wanted her to. Sweet babies. Anyway, as far as today goes, this post should be fairly short and sweet because we spent the majority of our day driving. Today actually ended up being our earliest wake up call for the kids. I think they were both up around 6:45 or so but we were okay with that because we knew we didn't want to be too late leaving the hotel so we...