Friday, June 25

Friday morning, the kids enjoyed being lazy with their cousins.

We headed down to the beach around 11:00.

Relaxing with Pops.

They loved playing in the water hose and requested to go "wash off" several hundred times a day.

Two worn out kiddos.

June 24, 2010

Allyson, Brian, Kylie, Taylor and Ellie headed home early this morning.

We loved spending time with them and were all sad to see them go.

We were amazed to find the beaches pretty clean. There was some tar that stuck to our feet but it was not all over as it had been the evening before.

The waves were still nice of boogie boarding.

Chilling in a bucket.





Wow Jeremiah, you sure do have a nice sister who fills your boat with water.

Oh, I should have known there was something in it for her too :)

The boys making car tracks in the sand.

June 23

Ride that wave Troy.

The waves were bigger today. We all spent some time on the boogie boards.

Lexi and Ellie making sand castles.



Miles getting his hot tub started.

Boats are fun even on land.

I can remember going many places on my grandfather, Popi's boat that sat in his yard for years.

Miles spent some time jumping the waves.

Early evening, the kids were swimming in the pool, while dinner was on the grill. We heard the oil was coming on shore so we went down to see. The waves and high tide brought in the most tar balls we had seen yet. It's hard to see in this picture but the lines of brown dots are tar balls.

Closer shot of tar balls.

Rainy Day Tuesday, June 22

Cloudy and rainy out this morning. We went to Waffle House for brunch. Did a little souvenir shopping.

We spent the afternoon hanging in the condo.


Coloring with Garre Bear and Corrie.

Cleared up in the afternoon. We all met at LuLu's for dinner. They have a great play area for the kids.

Know one like a sister!

Grams and Pops had all the grand kids sit at their table. Us adults at the other table enjoyed a dinner without too many interruptions. We did have one incident when Lexi got her arm caught in the back of the chair, but nothing greasing her arm with mayo couldn't fix.

Lexi and Ellie

We all had a great time at LuLu's!

Again, after the kids were in bed, we took a walk on the beach. This time we took Corrie and Garrett to show them the glowing jellyfish but we did not see any. Following Troy's lead, we caught crabs with our hands. We laughed so hard as we caught the crabs, screamed and threw them at each other trying to get rid of them. Good Times!

Monday, June 21, 2010

Another day playing at the beach with cousins.




Clean-up crew 4-wheelers continued to drive up and down the beach




The water was still clear today.


snack time

Grams and Pops with 8 of their grand kids.

A nice comfy place for a rest.

Playing this hard wears you out!

Pops and Dad always seem to be the ones digging.

Miles and Dad chillaxin in the hot tub.

Watching the sunset from the balcony.

At Rowan's request, Uncle Troy put on a magic show.

Where did that coin go?

Wow, he's magic!

All the cousins hanging together.

After the kids were in bed, Troy and I walked on the beach. The moon was shinning bright. We saw TONS of itty bitty jelly fish glowing green in the sand. It was super cool, but made me worry about swimming with jellyfish the next day.

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