Relaxed & Ready

The vacation was really a dream, it was as good as I had envisioned and more. We had such a wonderful, relaxing, exciting, interested time - I was worried we might not come back, but we did. We ended up with over 800 photos and they were all so amazing, I could not be more thrilled. The new camera lens arrived just in the nick of time, we used it to capture some beautiful images of us, the beach, the waves, and other random cool beautiful things. Since I took so many pictures I decided to break this vacation photo montage up through the week. That will be easier to explain and get some stories out there for you to enjoy and see.

I guess we can start with our arrival to our beautiful hotel, The Montage Resort! It is hidden away along the beach and caters to some really snazzy people - including us. We arrived on Friday around 1:30 in the afternoon, the weather was beachy, you know kinda overcast and humid? The staff at the montage greeted us when we arrived, took our bags, parked our car and escorted us to a fabulous room. I mean fabulous. We could not have had a better room! The front door to the room opened up to a large grassy area and just around the corner was the ocean. We also received complimentary wine, but we saved it for later, we were anxious to get down to the beach and check it out. We were not expecting to actually get in the water yet, we really wanted to scope the area and see what we would be getting ourselves into but plans don't always work out like you expect. We grabbed a bath towel, beach toys, the camera and headed down the stairs to the beach. The Montage had a little station on the beach and set up lawn chairs and umbrellas for us - they even came by at some point and offered refreshments.

The ocean was amazing, like everything you can imagine, a bright turquoise blue with white fluffy waves crashing on the beach. I won't lie and say it was warm, the water was FREEZING, when it hit my feet it stung. The sun was hidden behind clouds and the weather was a little bit cooler than I liked but as far as taking pictures, we could not have gotten luckier, the overcast skies made for some beautiful pictures.

Since we had not planned to get wet we were all still in our normal clothes. Kris took Summer down to the edge of the water and let Summer check it out. At first she was frightened of the large loud waves.



But after a few more waves the shock wore off and she started enjoying the water spraying her legs. They put the toys down near the chairs and went out a little further, getting a little more adventurous. From where I was sitting I could hear the squeals of delight as the waves crashed into her legs. She did not want to be down, she wanted up up, "up up daddy" but daddy didn't mind, he kept swinging her down into the waves where she would squeal like a little girl.


Even soaking wet and cold, lips were blue, shaking uncontrollably, she did not want to get out, the ocean had her and she was never going back!




Luckily for Summer Daddy was enjoying himself just as much as she was, of course he did get soaked and had no other shorts to wear, again we weren't planning on getting wet just yet. We easily spent a couple hours out there playing in the water, the sand, sitting on the chairs, it was simply incredible.


I had more fun watching Summer smile and laugh and have a blast. The vacation had begun and so far it was starting out incredible. It doesn't stop here - more to come tomorrow, to be continued ...