We Brought the Boys

  A month or two ago I overheard the boys talking about Christmas. Baylor asked, "What do you think mom and dad will get us for Christmas?" and Brooks said "Presents don't matter Baylor, we are probably going to do something together as a family!". It stopped me in my tracks. I was so excited to hear that he is beginning to see the value in our Christmas tradition.  This Christmas, we decided on a trip down to Gulf Shores. We let them open a new swimsuit and a fishing shirt and had them guess where we were going. They were right on the money.       Thursday was a travel day mostly. We left around 11 that morning and stopped for groceries when we got close to the condo. We were able to find a super cute  AirBnB  on the beach for a reasonable price, perks of going in the off season! After unpacking, we cooked dinner, took a walk on the beach, and played some light up frisbee thanks to Nana and her awesome Christmas gifts!       F...

      I've been long overdue for a blog post, and frankly long overdue for a vacation. This fall has been crazy with work, work trips, and baseball for the boys. We passed on our annual Saints trip this fall due to how busy we were, but decided we needed a weekend away. In fact, a whole group of our friends decided they all needed a weekend away too, so we went to planning. We decided on Bay St. Louis and found the cutest Air BnB  The Salty Bungalow      We headed out on Friday with no plans. We knew we'd have to get lunch and waste some time until our 4:00 check in. We had a friend tell us about a lunch spot called Jet A Way Cafe that overlooks the runway of the Stennis Airport(the building is called Million Air). He said you could grab a bite to eat and watch the planes take off and land and my airplane loving husband was in. I was a little skeptical at first, because it had serious school cafeteria vibes. But to my surprise the food was really good,...