After two years of no beach trip, it was time again in 2013!
We met Gigi, Papa, Josh, Julia, Brooks, and Sarah Catherine bright and early at Shipley's, and then headed out! Beach or bust!
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| I made them beach notebooks with all sorts of pages to color, work on, and a little map to track our journey. Worked nicely on the way down there. On the return trip, I don't think anyone had a clue where they were. |
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| Entering into the great state of Alabama! War Eagle. |
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| Had to hit the beach as soon as we got there! |
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| And then this is how we spent our days... MC got lots of TLC from cousins. Here she is getting a drink from Cass. |
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| Her favorite thing to do on the beach was nAp. This little snoozer would curl up on whomever would take her and catch some zzzzzs. |
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| Red day |
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| Two babies cracking up Papa |
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| AnnMarie's artwork |
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| My favorite day we took a pontoon out to the bay and saw dolphins and swam while we docked the boat. Beautiful! |
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| Kite with Uncle Mike! |
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| Beach necessity with littles: inflatable pool. |
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| One of our only nights out to eat===at The Crab Trap. |
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| Oldest to youngest |
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| Our last night we made a last ditch effort at some pics (why we didn't do this before Aunt Caroline, the professional photog left, I have no idea). I have to admit my patience was wearing thin by this night so it is amazing that any of these turned out! |
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| Little tornadoes who love each other very much |
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| Mary Lou Who |
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| So thankful they have each other! |
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| "Eep" sea diving indoors |
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| After the beach we headed up to Auburn for a couple days to visit family. Beverly's land is bEaUtIfUL. Hard to leave! Also because in Alabama it actually cools down at night. None of this ridic 90 degrees after sunset TX business. boo. |
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| Picking blueberries! |
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| Fishing with cousin Bennett---he still talks about it. Don't miss the airbrushed shark on a jetski shirt. yep. |
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| AnnMarie did cartwheel after cartwheel off the diving board! |
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| And rode Gulliver.. |
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| Couldn't pass through West Monroe without stopping! (AnnMarie rode home with Gigi and Papa.) |
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| We'll end with a sunset pic from Aunt Bev's. Trips like this with little ones are hard work and go by fast, but love the memories that at least Sean and I (and maybe a couple of them) will remember one day! ;) |
1 comment:
I must say... you rocked the matching outfits Momma!!! WOW!! We are thinking of trying Gulf Shores next summer... so I'm going to need some trip advice ;)
loved seeing those sandy little toes!!
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