Its been a {beachy} summer

Our summer beach time has been incredible! 

Luckily, Henry is a beach baby...and that makes this mama so happy! 

Both our Griffin beach time and Hardin beach time are an annual trip, now spanning 5 generations.  

Here's our trip from last year, just for fun. (2013)

And the year before that. :)   (2012)

And the one before that. (2011)

More here. 

It's so fun to see how everyone has changed from year to year! 

Back to the present.

In late June, we headed to Mexico Beach for the annual Griffin Beach Week. It was so nice and Henry had a ball playing with his older cousins! 

He is enamored with our nephew Ben, and Ben is so sweet to Henry. 

Here they are playing with the outdoor shower and faucet. Henry LOVES water. He could play with a water hose for hours. 

We spent some fun afternoons on the beach with everyone. The older kiddos loved fishing in the surf. 

And this little man loved running on the hard sand. 

Kacie is only a few months younger than Henry so they'll be playmates as they grow older. She's such a little love! 

Here are all the cousins together! That's Wyatt on the end, then Rodney, Lizzy holding her cousin Kacie, and Ben holding Henry. 

How sweet is this?!?!

Henry and Daddy...so precious! 

She was really checking him out! 

Henry likes to be in the shade (like me!) but has fun playing with the sand.

After a few days at home post-Mexico Beach, we headed back to Florida for my family's vacation. 

The resort has added a kiddo splash area, and Henry wasn't quite sure what to think. He liked it ok, but I think he'll really enjoy it next year. 

Henry's not crazy about the pool, so other than our little splash area visit, we stuck to the beach. We were blessed with lovely weather all week! 

Henry had a ball spending time with everyone! 

He sat in Brince-O's lap....

 and climbed on the beach chairs with Mommy.

Henry loved exploring around the chairs...

playing in his pool....

and taking naps under the umbrella!

He even spent a little time in the buff! 

He loved playing with his Aunt Bren...

and with his cousins Hugh and Ivy.

More playing...

and more napping.

Lots of happy memories spent under these umbrellas! 

Jamie, Bren, Bengie, and Mom

With such a big family, there was lots of coming and going during the week. But we managed to get a pretty large majority of the group together for dinner at Boondocks one night. 

Tana, Katie, Gracie, Mollie, Ivy, Chandler, Hugh, Jamie, Bren, Abbye, Jill, Mama, Beng, Gongaman, Me and Henry

Gongaman with his two daughters! 

Me and my sissy! 

Henry loved playing on the boat! 

More beach time on the last day! 

Priceless moments with his Gongaman!

Hope you all have had a nice summer, with family and friends!