Thanksgiving-Rosemary Beach 2013

we decided to mix things up a bit and spend thanksgiving at our favorite beach.  what a great decision!  the weather was a bit cold the first couple of days, but beautiful after that.  regardless of time spent on the beach or in the water, the little beach towns are so fun that it is still a great time of eating, shopping, and eating some more.  the houses we stayed in this year were within walking distance to rosemary beach which was such a bonus.  i don't think we will ever do it any other way.  we opted to drive this time.  let's just say we will probably try to gather some airline miles before our next beach trip.  the kids did REALLY well but it is still a long ways :)

brief drive recap when i need a laugh in the future:
(texas -> florida) left monday night at 6:30pm.  everett was asleep by the time we hit the highway.  lofton had to stop for a potty break after an hour.  everett woke up crying about 11 and refused a bottle because it was cold so we made a quick pull over to a gas station for hot water.  started bottle and spit up everywhere.  changed jammies and he jumped and played for 30 minutes and then crashed.  he basically slept until right before we got there around 8:30am.  if FLOODED the entire drive.  brutal for dewey and i.  pretty breezy for the kids.  and then there was the drive home....
(florida -> texas) left sunday morning around 10:30am.  the details and time frame is a bit fuzzy but i do recall stopping 3 times in 30 minutes to heat a bottle for screaming baby, clean up baby after he spit up, and potty break for L.  then we finally got going and major traffic jam.  i actually got the baby out of his carseat for about half an hour because we were standing still.  we considered stopping several times but pushed through and arrived home sweet home at 1:30am.  good thing E had slept for 7hrs at this point and was ready to party!!  oh well, it was still totally worth and it and one of my fav vacations so far.