beach vacations

i apologize for the lack in postings lately, but for part of the time mark and i were lucky enough to spend 2 weeks with our families at a couple different beaches. at the end of june we made our way down to fernandina beach, florida with mark's parents and mark's brother's family to visit some more extended family down there. the weather was perfect and the beach waves were awesome! it was nice to spend a little over a week with everyone :) on our way back up the coast, we stopped in myrtle beach to stay with my parents and sisters for about 4 days and enjoy the sun and surf some more and we even watched 4th of july fireworks over the water, which were beautiful (and also the anniversary of mark's proposal last year!).

check out some of our photos from the trip below:

we visited my nan in micanopy, fl on a side trip while we were in fernandina- she just turned 85!

mark and his grandma on uncle willie's tour boat of amelia island and part of georgia

princess jenn and princess alana on the tour boat :)

us in fernandina before we went downtown to tour the shops and eat some ice cream

i finished knitting my 1st scarf while we were on vacation!!!! yay, now i'm ready for winter (but not mentally!)

dad schmidt and alana in the waves

dad schmidt and mark wading in the water

us at fort clinch

us on the beach for the 4th of july fireworks

mom and dad chewning waiting for some fireworks on the 4th