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...

Today was supposed to be our relaxing day... And while we did relax more than the others so far, I don't think we really need to call it "relaxing" actually. I have decided that "relaxing" isn't a word used to describe a vacation or full on traveling with two small children. Last night both the kids and Steven fell asleep immediately when we turned off the TV at 9:30. It was crazy. I was the only person awake just typing a blog and editing pictures. There was a lot of snoring around me. I think I went to bed around 11 and we all slept until 7am. I honestly think we might have slept in longer but right at about 7 Kenzie started whining. I grabbed her out of the bed and pulled her into ours to let Will keep sleeping (and he never budged). She told me she had a bad dream and although we laid in bed for a while, she was awake. We also had plans to meet Grandma and Grandaddy down at breakfast around 7:30 and Will was starting to stir so we all got up and got read...