Summer Vacay 2015: Ormond Beach, Part One {Phone Pictures}

On Saturday, June 6th, we headed to Ormond Beach with my family!! My mom, Hadley, and I were in one car, Shelby and my Dad were in another car, Emily/Chris/Clayton were in their car, and Derek was flying from San Antonio into Daytona. The four of us stayed in one condo with my parents, and then Emi/Chris/Clayton were in another condo on the same floor as us. The last time our entire family went to the beach, we didn't have Hadley, Chris, or Clayton in the mix yet...so this was our first time with a party of nine, and I think it was a raging success! The condo situation worked out PERFECTLY for us b/c we had a 4 bedroom condo, so the girls were each able to have their own room which makes nap/bedtime routines SO much easier!! Both of the girls napped/slept like CHAMPS while we were there!!

Driving to the beach!!
Don't let this picture fool you, she only slept for maybe 20 minutes of the entire 7 hour drive!

We made it!!!
My sister took this picture of the girls as soon as got them out of their carseats in Ormond Beach, I
thought it turned out so cute!!

As soon as got into our condo, we threw on our swimsuits & sunscreen and headed out to the beach as fast as we could!!

Watching the sunset from our balcony

It's hard to be two ;)

Our traditional trip to High Tide = Crab Legs!!

Making "drip drop castles" with Daddy!

This picture is perfection for me! This is all I wanted out of our trip--to see our girls playing together in the sand, check! :) Please also notice that Hadley's sunglasses are upside in this picture. ;)  For the majority of the week, Hadley had her sunglasses on upside down & her Crocs on the wrong feet. But she was putting them on independently, and she wasn't going to have it any other way!

Grampy showing off to everyone that he got Hadley to float in her puddle jumper independently--this was no small feat!
Before our beach trip, we'd only been to our neighborhood pool in San Antonio a handful of times since it opened for the season, and each time we went the water was FREEZING. So Hadley was perfectly content to sit on the edge of the steps with only her feet in the water. Thankfully, the temperature of the pool water in FL was delightful, but it still took Hadley a couple days at the beach to warm up to being completely immersed in the pool water. Wearing her puddle jumper is still a struggle, she constatly tells us "Me too big for floatie. It too small for Hadley!" ;)

Love this picture of Daddy-Boy & his girls! :)

Swimming with Auntie Em!!
Notice the upside down shades again ;)

One of Grammy's favorite pasttimes at the beach is "canoodling" in the pool, and she passed that love onto Shelby this year!

Grammy & Grampy hung back at the condo one night with Hadley, so Shelby could have a "Big Girl's Night Out" with Mommy, Daddy, Auntie Em, Uncle Chris & Clayton! We went down to Daytona for Cold Stone and walked around for a bit. It was such a fun night!

Frisbee!!

For the first couple of days we were there, Hadley was not a fan at all of the beach. She didn't like the waves, so she didn't want to go anywhere near the water. A lot of times, we would go down to the water to play/explore and Hadley would just sit in the beach chairs by herself until we came back. ;)  This time, Grammy hung back to keep her company. :)

Shelby LOVED exploring the beach early in the mornings with Grampy & Daddy. They found several sand dollars in GREAT shape, lots of "ooy gooeys" (aka snails), seashells, and other treasures! Here she is holding two snails.

This was taken on our last day when Hadley had really warmed up to the beach.
She was in heaven playing in the tide pools!

Napping hard!!

Watching the Women's World Cup! Shelby adores watching sports of any kind with
Derek. This summer, they've been all about the golf & Women's World Cup!

Hadley with her new BFF Clayton
From the time she was a baby, Hadley had the stink eye mastered. And she still loves to play hard to get to this day. Much to my dismay, she's not afraid to tell people "me no like you" or "you no see me" (aka she doesn't want you to look at her anymore), but Clayton was her buddy through & through!

These were the pictures that were taken from my phone while we were at the beach, next up pictures off the real camera! ;)