Spring Break 2021 | Pensacola Beach, Fl.

We sure did need this week off! However, just three days into our spring break vacation and I was ready to come home! Ugh! My anxiety has been a little high this week. There have been some strange things (multiple things!) going on in our small town that just have me on edge. Even though I’m surely safer away from it all, I just wanted to be home in our comfort zone with our animals!

However, I swear we had a great time despite all this!

RyAnne and I got to go kayaking in the Gulf! This was so much fun and helped take my mind off things! Relaxing for me, stressful for RyAnne. My goodness, that girl was freaking out! We made it over the breakers like champs, without tipping our kayak over, but once we got on the calm water she couldn’t chill. I got to the point where I just had to tell her to stop paddling and stop talking - just breath it all in! lol I always long to be near water, on the water, in the water. It helps me clear my mind and gets me back grounded. With the water rushing around me all I do is talk to Jesus and just pray. That is where I find my peace.

Some of our fave new restruants we tried out this time around were:
Peg Leg Pete’s - their strawberry margs are the BOMB and I loved the fried shrimp po’ boy. We went back the next night for dinner again because it was just so good. The service was excellent too! That night I had the snow crab legs - BEST on the island!! We have tried other places and seriously, these were the best!
Cafe Nola - we went there for dessert. The kids got Italian Ice’s and Trey and I go the Chocolate Layer Mousse Cake. Holy moly. We will most definitely try out their dinner menu next time we visit Pensacola Beach!

When we visit Pensacola Beach we always stay at The Holiday Inn Resort. At the resort there is a restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and that makes it easy to enjoy the beach and then walk right back over to have a meal. We hardly leave the resort! It’s a very family friendly place! They had a pirate there on days that it wasn’t raining. He would entertain the kids with sword fights and fun activities!

Our last day on the island we headed to the public beach, which is actually very private, for family photographs. We found this beautiful spot surrounded by dunes and sea grass. I wish I could be a beach photographer!!! Seriously, the sand, ocean and open sky just makes everything so beautiful! Some of my fave family photographs are in the sand!

I’m so thankful we had this opportunity to sneak away and enjoy some uninterrupted time together as a family! I sure do love these people!

Eight Months and counting! | Pensacola Beach, Fl Maternity Session

This week I am in my EIGHTH month! It totally doesn't seem like I should be this far along and I am SO very thankful that I don't feel eight months pregnant! Woohoo! A couple of weeks ago, during RyAnne's spring break, we took a trip to Pensacola Beach, Florida. We had such a wonderful time with our girls! The weather was incredible! It was sunshine and sand all but one day. And that one day it rained we headed to the outlets for some shopping. So, it wasn't a wasted day at all! Pensacola Beach is GORGEOUS! This was our second time visiting. The sand is so pure and the water is a stunning shade of emerald. It's always so hard for us to leave.

Olivia kept busting out cute little poses and had me cracking up. lol

I love these three So very much!

I love how excited they are about their baby brother, Rocco. RyAnne insisted that her and Olivia needed to kiss my belly.

When Olivia saw my purple gown, she said, "Oh momma, you look like Elsa!" How cute is that?!

RyAnne was in charge of the camera for the last part of our session. She would tell Trey and I how to pose and what to do next. She specifically told her daddy to kiss my belly. I love her SO much!!!

And what is a Robbins' photoshoot without a couple of outtakes?! Haha!

Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola Beach Florida Family Vacation

Last week we took off to Santa Rosa Island located in Pensacola, FL for our last beach vacation of the year <— that makes me so sad! I live (and work really hard) for beach trips! It’s where I feel relaxed. My mind is (ALMOST) completely off work and focused on my sweet family. I am able to free my mind, let my worries fade away. I always feel better! The sun, sand and waves just have a way with me. The water was beautiful and seemed unaffected by Hurricane Matthew. We had blue skies and lots of sun every single day. And every single day, we hung out at the beach until the sun went down. It was glorious! One evening we visited Fort Pickens, which is surrounded by white powdery sand and ocean, and we watched the sun set. The orange hues mixed with the blue skies were stunning. Like, give you cold chills and have you thanking God for sunsets, beautiful!!!