And Finally...

Yes, finally...I'm posting the fun pics of my most favorite part of our September beach vacation. It's only been a month... and I miss it so. I'm ready to make next year's reservation now. The same location.

About 16 years ago, when Alexis was just a few months old, Joel bought a 'vacation resort' package for $3000. In this package, we got 11 vacations. But...we never used the vacations for many, many years. The job that Joel had, allowed us to travel to places like Hawaii and Florida and stay for weeks and months at a time...free.

{Joel B in disguise}

So...while the kids were little, we would pack our bags and vacation endlessly, for extended periods of time. Add three China trips to the mix and we were set for many years.

And thus, never using our 'weeks' that we bought in the vacation package.

So now...we are finally using these weeks. As you know, these vacations would cost at least $2000 each per week. Thankfully, (if you do the math)..we only paid a few hundred per week per vacation. We could travel anywhere in the U.S. with this plan...but we love the beach...and especially this particular resort... The place that's right on the beach...

...with 6 pools...

a water park...


and the Lazy River.

The best part about going to the beach in September is this...

We had it all {almost} to ourselves.

Awww...we had so much fun.

Too much fun. :)