"May your family share laughter.."

visiting with GG in Albany before the trip to FL!

State Park in Cape San Blas

Wow!  What a busy month it has been!  I am finally taking the time to write this long overdue blog post, and to the delight of some (Gramama, you there?), we're going to relive some of the highlights that have made this summer so very special, and to think it's not even summer yet!  We've been living life in the fast lane lately, and after a visit from our Colorado, I mean Boston favorites, who are now traveling up the eastern seaboard to Jersey, it's nice to slow it down a bit and take the time to sit and write.  The laundry's gonna have to wait on this one!

Gorgeous sunset after gorgeous sunset..

Indian Pass Raw Bar - DE-lish!! Plus who doesn't love a serve-yourself bar?? :)

After our trip to Gulf Shores, AL, Andrew, Naomi, and I packed up and headed east on the coast of the panhandle toward our highly anticipated family vacation with the Lees to Cape San Blas, FL.  Cape San Blas is a very small and remote peninsula located just outside of Port St. Joe and close to Mexico Beach and St. George Island.  If you've never been to "Florida's Forgotten Coast" then you are really missing a treat - beautiful beaches, gorgeous sunsets, fresh seafood, and supposedly some of the best scalloping and crabbing around (best time for the catch is usually late July and August).  We kayaked along the coast, sat on quiet and almost private pristine white beaches, and watched sunset after sunset slowly melt away. And as the days went by, way too fast as they always tend to do, we grew more appreciation of each and every fleeting moment because before we know it, we're all back to the daily grind of it all.  That's the best part of family vacations, especially as we all grow older and move away and have children of our own - taking the time to come together, for one week to celebrate family.  That's what it's all about.  Building the family memory bank one vacation at a time. :)



The week was extra special because of our May festivities - not only was it recently Naomi's first birthday & Mother's Day, but we had the delight to celebrate Gramama's 60th birthday the first night there.  We called it Gramama's birthday week, and her boys made sure to remind her of it.  I think she had the most fun of all. ;)
Bocce ball, frisbee golf, kayakin, state park trips, motorcycle rides with sweet Unkie T - we did it all!  Of course the festivities continued in the kitchen - grillin out just about every night and then the highly anticipated low country boil served on the porch as the sun went down - in rocking chairs, might I add.  Oh my, I want to be back!  We all felt the same way about leaving, and lucky for us, we were able to extend our stay through Memorial Day.  Three more days together under one roof - and proud to say that we survived!! Haha, and we'd do it all again in a heartbeat! ;)

I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.  It was a great family treat, and we are already planning the next one.  I hope you and your loved ones get the opportunity to plan a trip together this summer or sometime soon.  "When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses." xoxo