St. Augustine Beach

Just as we do every August, we headed down to Jonathan’s parents’ house in St. Augustine Beach for several days as our last trip of the summer.  This August’s trip to St. Augustine Beach, however, was quite different than our August trips over the last several years.  For one, we weren’t down for Jack’s birthday because Jack’s new soccer team started practice just a few days after his birthday and Jonathan’s parents were on a trip of their own for the days leading up to Jack’s birthday.  Also, Jonathan was still on crutches over our trip so, although he did make it down to Florida with us and spent some time at the pool, he did not get out on the beach.  And, finally, the biggest difference is that we found out the exciting news that Aunt Jacqui and Uncle Randy are expecting twins!  We’re all so thrilled!  Jacqui was taking it easy in her early pregnancy (she’s due in February) so she and Nana kept Jonathan company at the pool whenever we headed out to the beach.  We had such a nice visit and it had been way too long since we’d seen everyone.  Most of our time was about catching up—a lot has happened for all of us over this past year (so much so I am admittedly worn down by 2014…thankful for our many blessings, but worn down nonetheless)—so I really didn’t take many pictures.  Unfortunately, I only really got my camera out on the beach.  I did try to catch a shot of Jacqui and Randy on FaceTime with the Scherers to tell them the big news, but I was too slow on the draw.  Anyways, we had a very fun visit and you’ll have to look for a few more pictures of our trip in my Instagram post…definitely the new resource for documenting daily life.

{we bought a skim board on our way in to town (we had to stop at walgreens because a certain little boy forgot to pack not only a comb but also a toothbrush…) and the kids quickly learned that it was a lot harder than it looks, even with uncle randy tossing the board for them.}