Family Vacation - WaterColor, FL

We took our first big family vacation together a couple weeks ago to WaterColor, FL. WaterColor is a small town right next to Seaside. Both towns are just picture perfect... the most beautiful houses line up along brick streets and there are kids everywhere and people riding bikes and walking to the beach and playing outside... it is just dreamy! We just fell in love with this little town and never imagined we'd have so much fun there!

This was in front of the little theater in the town square. We spent lots of time here having breakfast and dinner and watching plays and concerts on the stage. 

Having a donut before our flight takes off!

When we got there we suited up and headed down to the beach. There were lots of families there but not so many that it was over-crowded. The water was clear and beautiful and Brady loved being in the ocean!

The place we stayed was called WaterColor Inn. It was beautiful; it had several pools and was right on the beach. We were all in a room together so Brady had his very own pull-out couch/bed to sleep on. Great, right?!

WRONG! He ended up sleeping with us (and I use the term 'sleeping' lightly here). Bedtime was interesting to say the least. He was just so excited to be in the same room as us and had a hard time winding down. We all had to go to bed at the same time and even then it took a couple hours before we all fell asleep. I thought it was so much fun having all my little family in one big bed but I'm very thankful he has his own bed at home. :)

Blake took this picture one night when he was awakened with a big kick to the ribs. Brady owned the bed.

At night we took walks on the beach and one night hunted for crabs. We found a little group of young kids that had buckets and nets and joined their hunt. Brady LOVED the little crabs and really got a kick out of seeing them shimmy across the sand.

One one of our bike rides we saw some kids fishing over a bridge so we went to see what they were catching. Brady was intrigued by the fish and even got to hold one of them. The fisherkids were excited to see Brady so excited; I think it is so sweet when young kids are so good with him!

We spent several hours each afternoon in the hotel pool that was closest to our room. We ate lunch there one day and let Brady swim around. There were lots of kids to play with at this pool!

The place we stayed offered free canoe/paddleboard/kayak rides to all of its' guests each day. Blake and I loved our daily kayak rides. Brady kept saying he wanted to 'coo-noo'.

My cute boys!

One day after kayaking Brady found a couple random kids laying down outside watching their ipads and he just went and plopped down with them and started watching! Pretty funny.

When we were out riding bikes one night we came across this fun little candy store. It was a pregnant girl's dream! They had every kind of candy you can imagine.

And outside the candy store we found this:

Brady's mode of transportation for the vacation... he loved it! The whole vacation he was saying 'RIDE TWO BI-ICKLES!'

And just some random pictures from the week:

Determined not to look at me and smile. :)

We can't wait to go back!!