Blurry Beach Trip

Our Beach Trip in August was pretty much a blur. We had great weather and fabulous company but our trip was hectic. We were very glad to make it through the car ride with two very anxious four year olds. Gracie and Bailey must have asked "are we at the beach yet" about a million times. The second day we were at the beach is when things got hectic...as we received an offer on our home. Thank goodness Preston's dad has a computer, printer and scanner at the beach house because they definitely were important. We had an offer to review and we decided to make a counter offer. The counter offer led to us having another day of waiting anxiously to see if they would accept the terms. We then had a signed contract on our home and we decided to put an offer on a home that we had luckily seen once the day before leaving to go out of town. Our drafted offer then led to several other days of anxiously waiting and checking emails. By the last day of the trip we had a signed contract for the purchase of our house and we had a signed contract for the purchase of our new home. In the midst of all of the reviewing, negotiating and signing we attempted to enjoy our vacation. The ocean and views have never provided as much peace as they did on this trip. I hardly took any pictures of the kiddos which they probably enjoyed because they can not stand when I am making them pause for a photo. The twins probably didn't have a clue about what was going on with our house but they had fun. They stayed on the beach ALL DAY LONG and played in the ocean and the sun until their little bodies were slap worn out. They had a wonderful time with their Gineris cousins; James, Justin and Jackson who we do not get to see enough. The boys were so sweet to the twins and they made them feel extra special by doing thoughtful things like making treasure hunts for them and taking them crabbing for their first time. At the end of our vacation we knew we were going home to lots of work but we had been somewhat replenished by the waves and the sun.

 Taking a break from the long car ride



 

Cousin reunion at the beach house