Summer is the best.season.ever. The heat. The humidity. The constant outsideness. The carefree attitude that comes with it...

I could go on for hours.

But instead, I'll jump to the finale: the fact that you get three happy holidays in a row: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day. Beginning, middle, end: boom, boom, boom - long weekend sandwiches.

How could it not be the happiest season ever!?

And this year, we kick-started our summer with a trip to Santa Rosa, Florida. Nestled between Seaside and Sandestin, the Emerald Coast did not do us wrong. In fact, it did us just right...

images by me& Emily McNider