Life's a Beach

Well, life was a beach for the Jacobs' crew this summer...

After 3 trips ( 2 which were combined back to back and then a 3rd four days later) to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach we are back into our school/football routine. Chief is only off for about 2 1/2 weeks each summer so we definitely utilized that time this summer by staying on the road to the beach for our families vacays and then heading back down over the 4th of July for our sweet dear friend, Rand's wedding.

Our family vacay's (Chief's mom then with Chief's dad) were good and went by so terribly fast. The kids enjoyed the sun, sand, go-karts and the pools! Camdyn Elliot did wonderful the entire 10 days we were gone and she soaked up the sun and loved playing in the pools! We hit up our favorite restaurants, shopped a little and really relaxed more than we ever have when down at the beach.

Elliot and I were able to go on a "date night" and my precious MIL-Momma Kathy kept the kiddos one night so we hit up the Flora -Bama for some Royals Reds and Cajun Oysters...mmmm wonderful!!! The Flora-Bama just makes me laugh and it is such a fun place to hang out (if you want to hang in old shed??? ha! No kidding but it really is like a big wood shed) listen to music and have a great time dancing...Which we did!

I was able to completely finish 3 books by the end of our trip thanks to Chief and afternoon naps!!! I was very thankful for my 2 hour kid free layout session each afternoon it was so wonderful to read, listen to my ipod and not have to ever look up from book! I was also able to catch up on the "Top Hits" from Pandora radio... I felt "old" because I had not heard of the majority of the songs! ha! 
 As moms we cherish the small things and I mean we really do!  Thanks Chief! Which don't worry he played golf everyday so he wasn't being left out... ha!

I will do a second post from our "without kiddos" beach trip tomorrow...
Enjoy some pictures of 2010 beach trip!!!