Beach People

The Hubby and I have been together over 15 years. In those 15 years, we have been on many vacations, most of which have been during the winter to destinations where we could snowboard. We enjoyed snowboarding so much that we moved Colorado in 2002 so that we could be snowboard bums. Not literally since we were both gainfully employed, but we did spend over 50 days on the mountain our first winter. A little less the following. We spent two years there and had a great time and made many memories. It was an experience I am glad we had because as soon as we moved back to our hometown in Tennessee, our lives took a 180 degree turn and I haven't snowboarded since.

We started making babies. And everyone knows that once you have babies, everything changes. It's funny how everyone tells you how much your life is going to change when you have kids. I mean obviously, right. But you just don't understand how much until you have a child. 

Priorities, perspective, attitudes, ideals...they all changed. I'm okay with that. In fact, I'm more than okay with that. Our ideal vacation right now doesn't involve a foot or two of fresh powder, or snowmobiles and hundreds of acres of trails. It involves the beach, kiddie pools, and family bike rides because now that we have kids, we are beach people and it feels perfect.

The kids seeing the ocean for the very first time