You can imagine with that big of a crowd and that many different personalities, there was not many total group activities, as a party of 46 at a restaurant in a touristy area doesn't really work out that well. So it was a "choose your own adventure" type of vaca with most choosing to sit on the beach and veg!
We had a great time and decided that we are moving to that stage in our lives where we need two weeks of vacation instead of just one! With two toddlers, you just about need one vacation after your family vacation to recoup! The kids did great and we couldn't have asked for better kids on the trip! We would literally have to wake them up from their afternoon naps because they would sleep so hard. They would go down for nap around noon and we would have to wake them up at 3 everyday! Thanks to my mom (THANKS MOM!), we would get to go out to the beach and just chill why she stayed up with the kids while they napped. This provided us with some great quality time with my baby cousins who have all grown up on me!
The weather was perfect, the water was like a warm bath and the food was incredible as always. The best food we had was during a family shrimp cook off one night. YUM does not even describe it! Shrimp Destin, Shrimp & Garlic pasta, Fried Shrimp, Peel & Eat...I would go on but I am starting to feel a little Forest Gumpish.
I think I took around 500 photos and still missed so much. I didn't want to have the camera up to my face the whole time and risk a funky tan line so I put it down during most of the day to focus on the kids. One night we went to Navarre Beach right at sunset and got some great photos of the kids and their cousin Jullian. Thursday night, after the shrimp cookoff (that I still can't get out of my mind), we headed back down to the beach and I had the privilege of shooting my aunt & uncle's family and my cousin Linsey's baby Liam. A bonus was getting to shoot her sis-in-laws girls as well. Three shoots in one hour....now that's a speed round! Luckily I was able to do some rough editing for them and show them their pics before we left. That is the best part of the job....seeing a clients face when they first see the photos. And hearing that I "captured who their kids are" is such a great compliment! I am loving my new adventure so far!
So I will go on and on in another blog about how much I hate traveling next to anti-kid people and how we will NEVER fly Delta again if it's the last thing we do. But until then, enjoy some pics (sorry, I can't put all on here and blogger would implode if I tried...oh, and I would be grey headed with cataracts before they all uploaded anyway). Stay tuned for more on my new website for the biz and a new blog for my photography as well! Enjoy the pics!
Mom & Keaton pointing out the airplanes.
Keaton fascinated with the airplanes.
Oh....sissy spotted them as well!
Keaton learned how to blow up rafts for us!
My babies' daddy on Father's Day (and a self portrait if you look hard enough)
Dinner...after the fact.
My uncle George & his dad "aka: Grandy" on Father's Day
Cuz Emily & Ry at Crab Trap
Elliot's favorite outfit to wear during breakfast each morning.
Em & El
Is she the cutest or what now?
Keaton loved to face plant in the sand
****NAVARRE BEACH PICS****
Vittoria & Jullian
Cousin Jullian and his sweet hat!
I am so in love with this little guy!
Rare family photo...
Keaton HATED getting anything in his ears!
LOVE THIS ONE!!!
Uncle George's beautiful family!
Ty & Em
His typical "Wha is it" picture
The best freebie of the week was this baby pool...(good from placing found shells & baby crabs!)
Some of Cousin Liam's photos
(Are those the best thighs ever?)
Some of Claire & Lucy's pics 
Keaton tired of momma holding the camera instead of him!
Little surfer girl goes crabbin'!
El cut 4 more teeth at the beach as well...fun times!
Liam's to die for baby blues!
Geo hyping my kids up with coke before naptime.
View from dinner one night
Awww....good times. Wishin' we were still there!
10 comments:
sounds like a great time - and as always - awesome pics!!!
That's my favorite photo... oh no that one is... oh yeah, maybe that one too. Crap Mel, they're all my favorite!
Ok, now tell everyone that Uncle Geo has one rule and that's not to spit food in his drink when he shares.... Nothing like taking a drink of coke and getting a floating Frito bonus!! At least I think it was a Frito! HA!
I'm having Keaton and Elliott withdrawals this week! Missin' em!
Those are such beautiful pictures- you are so talented! I'm glad yall had a wonderful time in Destin- we are headed there in Sept! That's where my parents live!!
I can not handle the cuteness of your kiddos!! E is killing me with her adorable head scarf.
Looks like you guys had such a wonderful time. I'm so jealous!
Destin beach is a great place to have a vacation or live. Photo's are great. Hope you got to see a Destin beach wedding while you were here.
Beautiful family! We are headed to the beach next week and your pics just got me so excited!
These are absolutely GORGEOUS pictures!!!!
You really take some beautiful photos!!!
Thanks for sharing.
WONDERFUL pictures. Your kids can't possibly be any cuter. I can't believe how light Keaton's hair is! Love the long look too - his hair looks like my boys exactly. Looks like such a fun vacation. I can't wait until our first beach trip. Thanks for posting such great pics.
Okay, WOW, they are some seriously gorgeous photographs. 46 of you, that's impressive. I just love the little red bandanna, too cute and Marisol has the same green/white bathing suit ... actually it's funny a lot of my twin friends who have girls have that one too.
You have the cutest kids ever!!! You are a great photographer! What type of camera do you use?
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