beach getaway

What better time to reminisce about a fun beach trip than when you are stuck inside because of cold, icy weather? (That and I have some serious blog catching up to do!) Montgomery was supposed to get hit with some nasty weather last night and today. Schools were canceled on Saturday in anticipation of the Sunday night storm! The storm must have mostly missed us down here because while Tupelo, MS and Atlanta, GA got a few inches of snow, those of us in Montgomery just woke up to icy windshields. But, hey, I'm not complaining--my husband got the day off!

We went to a friend's house in Florida for conference weekend back in October and it was the perfect mini-getaway! The drive down wasn't too bad...except after it was dark, we ended up on this 50-mile stretch of road that was completely pitch black and there was a sign that had a picture of a bear on it. No joke. It was a little bit hard for me to relax after that. But we made it to the house in one piece. The weather that weekend was absolutely gorgeous and perfectly warm. This was the view from the house.

Paradise! I could have stayed there forever!

And there were dolphins swimming back and forth the entire weekend. It was amazing to watch! We even saw a few jump way out of the water, which made it feel like we were in an even more exotic location!

Michael and Reese did some fishing...

...and built sand castles and went swimming in the ocean...

...and played with friends in the sand. What could be better?

It was the perfect weekend and right now I am wishing that we could go back. Down with January blues!