Laurel, MS

Way back in June we had our family vacation. The 4 Hylton's left Friday morning with a planned stop in Laurel. This was by far the longest road trip the kids had ever been on so we spent an insane amount of time in Target on Thursday buying road trip snacks, activities and last minute things for the beach. But first we stopped to enroll little missy in KINDERGARTEN!

She wanted to wear her Easter dress for the occasion. :)

While in Target Ollie fell HARD for these shoes but it was a no-go for me.

All packed up Friday morning and ready for vacation!

Overall the kids did amazing in the car. They had lots of iPad time, lots of snacks, colored and Ollie covered his car seat in stickers....but I was totally ok with anything that kept them occupied.

We arrived in Laurel to the cutest little cottage we were renting for the night. It was a featured makeover on the HGTV show Hometown. The attention to detail was insane...board games, Legos for the kids to play with, beer, juice boxes, ice cream, bowls of snacks.

We relaxed for bit then got changed and headed to the main street area for dinner. We ended up at Mimmo's, an Italian restaurant, and loved it.

After dinner we headed to Shug's Cookie Dough & Candy Bar for dessert.

Can I just say that I LOVED Laurel, MS. I'm already trying to talk Eric into going back on our way to the beach next year.

Friday morning we had breakfast and then headed to Laurel Mercantile which is owned by the hosts of Hometown on HGTV and the owners of the cottage we stayed in. I asked Elle to hop in this pic but she saw a bee and that pretty much ruined her mood. :)

I showed serious restraint when shopping and left with a tea towel and Christmas ornament.

We went to a park to let the kids burn some energy before driving the rest of the way to the beach.

Gulf Shores, here we come!