Good Times Taylor: the Kirby's take to the beach

in early May we logged our Kirby family vacation 2015

which, early May has won us all over.

i vote for that time of year at the beach being a great idea.

in my youth, i never thought that my kids would be the ones on the beach completely covered from head to toe, wearing those swim-shirts and with sunscreen reapplication every 30 minutes...

alas...

i have pale-skinned offspring.

we started off the week with a birthday celebration for Beau (5...5!!!) and Josh (30+...)

a handsome pair of guys, huh?

Beau racked up on some pretty awesome crime-fighting gear...

only to be worn by the toughest (foot-poppin?) boys around

the week was spent waking up slowly

ha! just kidding.

that's funny.

we had 5 kids 5-years and under... ain't nothing slow about the morning.

anyway, we enjoyed mornings together in the condo

and then we'd all make our way down to the beach

trading off as babies/toddlers took naps

we ate all, but 2, of our meals in the condo

and spent the majority of our time in pajamas or swimsuits

and cowboy hat...obviously

aside from the hour and a half process of getting ready and rounding up little bodies to go down to the beach, we had a wonderful week in the sun!

it was really nice to have a whole week with the sibs and nephews

and watch the boys enjoy being together

that went well.

let's try it again with an infant

perfect!

and we obviously spent a lot of time being entertained by the ridiculousness that is two 2-year olds

by the names of Luke and Judson

seriously, i can not get enough of these two together

i've said it once, i've said it twice, and i'll say it again.

my very favorite part of any vacation is having GT with us all day, every day.

and i'm pretty sure the boys agree with me

no, seriously. Judson loved it

he also loved the discovery of burying his dad in the sand and jumping on him

and GT loved his picture being taken on the hourly...or second-ly (word? yes)

having all of the guys around was pretty great

the little dudes sure loved it

and i'm pretty sure the big guys were ok with their days off of work

body surfing and what-not.

One morning GT, my dad and I left at sunrise to go fishing

and got a workout instead

seriously, those fish wore me out

luckily, my dad and GT were able to reel them in

unfortunately, we weren't able to keep them.

but they sure were beautiful and we had a blast being out on the water

this was our first vacation with Little Buddy, Jake and Jamies sweet little baby they are fostering.
Not sure how long that he'll be in their family, but we sure do adore him
he's the sweetest little baby

spending a good solid week with this crew did my heart some kinda good

and Judson and Townes loved being with their Uncle Jake and Aunt Jamie

Mothers Day fell on the Sunday we were at the beach, but that didn't stop GT from bringing me a cookie cake.

that man.

even if they did have to squeeze the "Kate" on there...ha!

#cookiecakeismylovelanguage

the three mothers spent an afternoon getting pedicures

sans children.

our last night we went out to eat and then for ice cream

which was actually really fun

i tend to be the stay-at-the-house kinda gal and don't prefer going out to eat with all the boys, but we had a really great time and the ice cream was delicious.

on the other night that we went out,

Townes and I wore the same shirts that Judson and I wore when we went to the beach when he was the same age as Townes.