BLOMPS Beach Trip 2017

BLOMPS Beach Trip 2017, you were one for the books!  There are so many favorites that I will never, ever forget:  the way the little boys loved "playing" pool; the traditional first night on the beach where the kids run and giggle and jump the waves and get their clothes soaking wet (by the way~ Brooks may be my most beach-loving baby yet!); the cornhole games; the newly-added pool in the backyard; the siblings' night out while Bammy and Digby babysat; the beach naps; the always hilarious Catchphrase games; the night-fishing; the seashell hunting; the wave-jumping; the boogie-boarding; the time with my nieces and nephews; the beach runs; the sunsets; the traditional last night on the beach where we have a bubble-and-glow-stick-and-sparkler-party; and the slow pace of the days during which I soaked in family and laughs and the sun and the sand and I let each memory of my three beach-loving babies etch itself into my heart.  I am a lucky, lucky mama. <3

And that wraps up our 2017 beach trip, and our summer break.  Next up... Kindergarten!!

Summer Catch-Up, Part 2

Here are some more pictures to document what has been a whirlwind summer!

*We continued to soak in time at our neighborhood pool:

*TJ and the big kids have started regularly visiting a lake in our neighborhood.  They picnic and explore and fish and CK and E think it's just about the best thing in the whole world:

*We spent most of the month of July on the road!  We ventured to Columbia, where we visited the pool I frequented as a child and even got to soak in some time with one of my most favorite people on the planet - G Gram!  We also traveled to Fort Mill, celebrated the 4th of July with an awesome pool party, and helped my little sister and her sweet family get settled into their new home!!

*CK and E got to visit Grammy & PaPa and Meme and GingGing in North Carolina.  They had the absolute BEST time! 

*A certain little bundle of joy turned 10 MONTHS OLD!

*My trio also got some much-needed QT in Atlanta with their Peele grandparents and cousins, who they're pretty much obsessed with:

Other than that, our annual beach trip is really the only thing I haven't included in our summer 2k17 recap!  Stay tuned!!