Watercolor 2010

It has taken me awhile to post his trip, but it has been crazy busy this summer! Every year we take an annual beach trip with our family and some of our close friends. This year since Christian is older and needs the interaction with other kids his age, we invited family’s with kids his age to come with us! The most obvious us couple to us were our great friends the Copeland’s. Christian and their son Elijah are inseparable, so we knew this would be so much fun. The beginning of many more fun years to come with the kids and their friends at the beach!

Susan and I had a great idea to have all the boys ride down together to the beach...more for our sanity than for them! :) Brian, Christian, Ethan, Preston and Elijah all piled in my car and rode together! The babies Henley and Porter rode with the girls. It was sooo nice to have quiet on the way down to the beach because the babies slept for two hours, half the trip! We could only imagine the chaos that was going on in the other vehicle! :)

Once we got down to the beach we inspected our house that I had rented for the week! It was gorgeous and looked even better in person than the pictures! We unpacked our bags and went to the grocery store, rented all our bike gear and headed to the pool/beach for a little while. If you have never been to Watercolor, you should definitely look into it. It is by far our favorite place to stay down at the beach. It is so family oriented. There are six pools on location and you can ride your bike to any of them. The house we had this year was actually located next to Camp Watercolor, a pool and a playground. It was perfect for all the kids!

The week was pretty low key and we just went to the pool/beach everyday. We cooked out at night, had cocktails and just enjoyed being away from home. We did get a babysitter two nights and all the adults went out for nice dinners! We went to Fish out of Water one night and this great Italian restaurant another night! I know...who eats Italian at the beach? Brian’s best friend Stefano and his wife Toni were down in Watercolor too and they love this restaurant, so we went with them. It was a wonderful meal!

Our friends Chad and Charity Edwards came in on Wednesday to join us for a few days of fun in the sun. They had two boys Finley, who is 3 three years old and Fisher, who is 5 years old. The ages were perfect for Christian and Elijah to have a new friend and Preston who was 5 to have someone there his age. It was so perfect that the Copeland’s decided to stay another night because all the boy’s were having so much fun! I will tell you something, 6 boys in one place is total CHAOS!!! 

I felt bad for our friends Chad and Charity because they came the last three days of the trip and everyone was getting worn down by then. Christian was no longer interested in the beach or the pool. He was jsut plain tired and worn out! We made the most of it and had a great time! This trip is something we look forward to every year and can not wait until next summer! Thanks for everyone who came down to join us for a great for vacation!