{Summer Beach Trip 2015}

Culler Carillon Beach Vacation from Donna Culler on Vimeo.

{Carillon Beach: Memorial Day Week}

We've vacationed at just about known community along 30A/Hwy 98, I can honestly say Carillon Beach community has been my favorite. A mile of private beach access makes this gated community the best vacation spot for family. Even on a holiday week, there was only one row of beach chairs. Divine relaxation and plenty of room the family to just enjoy the beach.

The picturesque neighborhood made the perfect backdrop for some family pictures. Hooray for our cameras self timer. Feeling patriotic in our red, white and blue outfits.

 These two are growing up way too fast.

A good part of our days were spent at the beach. We are that family who stays in morning to dusk. With our packed lunch and sunscreen we are good to go. I am thankful to have beach loving kids.
The boys boogie board a lot and caught great waves.This beach trip also reminded me how much William has grown. He was very confident being around the ocean and can pretty much jump to break the waves.

We played a lot in the sand and had digging our way to China.

Rock on!

A family morning jog at the beach.

Samantha has mastered the art of relaxation with a lil meditating at the beach and lounging at our beach chair.

We stayed at one of the condos at downtown Carillon beach, convenient to all the activities around the area, and still within 5 mins of walk to the beach.The night we came in, there was a wedding in the square. We had dinner at the balcony and enjoyed "free" live music from the band. It was awesome! This gift shop Shipwreck was right below our condo and was full of cool treats and toys.

They also had a screen on the green one night. They were showing Alladin. Samantha fell asleep early that night. William asked me to be his date at the movies.

During summer, they have concert at downtown Carillon. After a full day at the beach, we were too exhausted to go  downstairs (Lazy bums). Our condo's great location allowed us to still enjoy the music and had dinner at our balcony.

I think we dined at the balcony just about everyday. They opened a new Donut Hole shop near our condo, so we picked up some donuts from breakfast one morning.

Pier Park was near Carillon, the kids loved checking out all the knick knacks stores. William was amused with his first trip to Ron Jon.

A lil Italian ice treat for the kiddos.

A grown up treat for Mommy.

Another awesome beach trip for our family. We look forward to our annual vacation at the beach.

{Spring at The Beach}

We decided to move up our beach trip this spring to spread out our travel schedule this year. Lucky for us, Monica was on spring break that week and they were able to join us for a quick spring beach trip. First stop was a quick lunch at Angler's beachside restaurant.Good food and a great view of the ocean.

After lunch we checked in to our condo. We usually vacation at 30A area but with a smaller group we opted for a condo location with a beach access on site. I've heard great reviews about Waterscape and was confident that we will all have a great time. The property is relatively new and the perfect location for vacationing with lil ones. The condo we stayed at was awesome. Easy access to the pool and beach. The plus side, we have beach front view from the living room and all the bedrooms. The kids definitely loved mornings in bed. They always would ask for us to slide the curtains so they can see the ocean.

Lil munchkins ready to go to the beach.

We pretty much spent most of our times at the beach. Another thing I love about this resort is that they set up umbrellas and chairs for you at the beach everyday. Hooray for convenience. Our kids can literally spend their whole day at the beach. They are so content and happy just playing in the ocean and exploring!

Big smile and sandy hands and toes.

Lots of big smiles from everybody.

Samantha of course has mastered the art of napping at the beach...wind blowing and the sound of the waves crashing!

This is William's version of chillin'

No shortage of fun in the sun for our group!

The pool and lazy river were also favorite spots.

Lots of yummy foods were consumed as well.Crab Trap was a quick walking distance by the beach so it was the perfect lunch spot. We also had a great time at McGuires and enjoyed yummy Irish foods!

The seafood was delish. We lucked out that the best crab boil restaurant is just across the street from where we were staying.

What a great trip this was! We absolutely enjoyed it. So glad that C & M were able to join us.

Seacrest Beach Vacation 2011

Aaaahh... our beach vacation week finally arrived! We've been looking forward to this trip for quit sometime. Our group skipped last year due to newborn babies but we are back!

First and foremost, we made the "traditional" lunch stop at Pineapple Willy's Panama City. Seriously awesome po boys and fish sandwiches! The drinks are wonderful too. Add in a fantastic ocean view sitting and you'll definitely jumped right into vacation mode. Can you tell William is super duper happy to be at the beach? Of course, spoiled rotten by his Godfather and riding his shoulder.

Baby sister Samantha was loving it too!

After lunch, we headed to west of 30A and arrived at our final destination---Seacrest Beach Florida. Our beach house was so awesome! 5 bedroom and 5.5 baths was perfect for family of four vacationing together.

William and Samantha very much enjoyed this morning at the deck.

And the bunk area, I can't even find the words to describe how much the kids LOVED this!

The state of the art kitchen was a favorite spot for making beverages and yummy food!

At night, when the kids are all in bed (finally!). The adults chill and hang out and enjoy more drinks!

Seacrest boasts their famous 12,000 sqf pool. The biggest in the area! It's absolutely gorgeous and have various areas for everyone to enjoy.

William enjoyed swimming "freely" with his puddle jumper. If you have a toddler, this is a must have.

Most of our days were spent hanging around the beach.

Samantha was fascinated at the sand and was a busy lil bee.

William have always loved the beach and it was really neat to see how my big boy appreciated the water and the sand.

Kids busy trying to build sand castle.

Samantha and me just hanging out.

William and Samantha both loved being at the water.

The adults enjoyed the beach as well and we were all perfect beach bums :)

Seacrest is in between two fabulous communities -- Alys and Rosemary.

While the guys were playing golf, the ladies and kids took a stroll to Alys and had a blast at their wonderful playground.

William and Allison quickly figured out how to work this see saw.

How cute is this doggie slide!

The miniature mountain was so fun to hike.

Any place that has sand is a big hit for my lil girl!

Tried to take pictures with the kids at this famous Seacrest Beach sign, but as you can tell they weren't in the mood for it.

Alys also houses the famoud Charlie's Donut food truck. Line was kinda long but the donuts were to die for!

They were almost as big as William's head :)

Rosemary's Sugar Shak is a must see place for kids. William's been so excited for his trip to the candy store. We were the first customer in line that morning. He spent his allowance that week on a lollipop and ice cream.

The whole gang had dinner one night at the famous Red bar restaurant. It's a must do if you are around 30A. I love restaurants with menus written on a chalk board---coz they usually pick the fresh ingredients of the day. William slept the entire dinner. A full day at the beach wiped this kiddo out. I had the eggplant parmesan and enjoyed it a lot!

After dinner, we all walked to the beach and took a couple of family pictures.

My lil crabbies are too cute for words!

The ladies also had a great Girls Night Out at the La Cocina Mexican restaurant. We are a wild bunch and closed the bar at 9PM-hahaha!

Another fun trip with great friends. Samantha's beach outfits were too cute!

The crabby outfit was a gift from Monica and Clint.

The lobster checkered outfit were given to her by her supersweet grandparents.

Lucky girl!