We had a complete blast on our 2016 family vacation. We couldn't decide where to go for the longest time, so we ended up booking an Orange Beach condo at the last minute. It was so much fun to just be a family of 4 on this trip. Blair and I thought it might be hard to take care of both kids on our own and get a chance to relax at the same time, but it really did work out perfectly. Each day, we would get up early, have breakfast, go out to either the pool, or the ocean, or both, and then come up for lunch. After lunch, the kids would go down for a nap and one of us would go back down to the water on our own. The other stayed up with the kids and relaxed inside. Then, when the kids woke up from their naps, we would go back down swimming for a couple more hours. We would go get showers and then head out for an earlier dinner. After dinner, we would head home, get the kids to bed, and then Blair and I would have a few drinks out on our balcony. Overall, it was a very fun trip and we made lots of memories!
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| Almost there, and we stopped for a Father's Day breakfast. The kids were so glad to be out of the car |
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| Happy Father's Day! |
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| About 3/4 of the way there, we stopped and stayed at a hotel for the night. We went out to dinner and then walked by the water in Alabama. |
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| We arrived in Orange Beach too early to check into our condo, so we stopped for ice cream at our favorite place first. The kids were thrilled! |
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| chocolate for Bubby, strawberry for Ayla as usual |
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| Our Guy likes oysters |
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| Sea Food, See Food! |
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| Falling off the carousel with Ayla = a pretty nifty Spider Man bandaid |
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| Cashing in on souvenirs with the money the grandparents sent with them |
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| Ayla's 1st go-kart experience |
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| Lake Time with the Hickson's on our way back home |
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