the beach trip | 2009

let's start from the beginning. my sisters and i have been planning the beach trip since april this year. we looked at many houses and our budget and finally secured one in may. then we planned how we would all get down to atlanta and then pile in the van to the florida panhandle. we planned games, food, sunscreen, new bathing suits. i had a flight from chicago. all this planning, and i actually forgot to tell my boss i was going.

so i show up at work on wednesday with my suitcase and told the people on my project i was going to take-off for the airport around 3:30pm. they were cool with it, so i just told my boss for good measure. then she came over to my desk and asked "are you going to be working from home the next few days?" and i say, "why, no, i'm headed to the beach! the trip i've been talking about for months?"

yeah, i flat out forgot to tell her. so i say "well i have my ticket and a beach house for the next 5 days, do you mind if i go?" luckily, all was well.

since i'm more of a story-with-pictures type of person, i'll recap the trip a-like-so.

mornings at the beach


days at the beach


afternoons at the towns of 30-A



evenings at the beach


we also had a photo shoot one evening with all the sisters, husbands, boyfriends, kids, and aunt dorothy; those pictures to come!

AND, a surprise proposal... stay tuned!