Happily Edwards After: Beach Vacay

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Beach Vacay – part 1

So, as I mentioned, we left for the beach on July 12. We went to Fort Walton on Okaloosa Island and had a BEAUTIFUL week of fun in the sun! The kids LOVED the beach. Since we had Reed’s appointment before heading out, Ava rode down with my parents. There were 27 of us there all together and we had SO much fun! I have so many photos to share so I’m going to try and let those do most of the talking!

We were packed in kind of tightly and Reed decided he wanted more of the crackers that were sitting close to him. I looked back and saw him digging in the box!

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Seeing the beach for the very first time!

My older brother and his family were there also, and Reed and Ava loved getting to spend some time with their cousin Luke. Funniest thing: Reed called Luke “Luck” all week. Luke’s dad calls him Lucas some and Reed would call him “Luckus”. So stinking funny! In this video, you can hear him saying “Luck, are you?” (Luke, where are you?)

One day we met up with sweet Molly (Duchess of Fork) and her precious kiddos at the Gulfarium. We had fun and the kids loved it! Afterward, Ava said she wanted to be a dolphin trainer when she grows up!