The Beach...part 2

I intended to blog while I was at the beach everyday but we could not get our laptop to work. oh well!
We had a great time! It was a short trip but I think the best time we have had at the beach. The weather was awesome. Usually it is so hot when we are there in the summer that we don't get to enjoy a full day outside. Friday was the "perfect" day. We spent most of the day hanging out at the pool and at the beach. There was a sand bar not far out that we all (including my parents) spent alot of time playing on. We rode the waves and Tim caught a few little critters. We played frisbee with Joshua and built a sand volcano. I didn't want the day to end. That night we went out to eat and to get ice cream. Saturday morning we had to check out of our condo. We got up, packed and cleaned, and left the resort. We went to the Wharf and walked around and looked at the boats and the shops. The kids went to build a bear and both got a new friend. On our way out of Gulf Shores we ate at Lambert's. We always enjoy eating there. It is like eating at Cracker Barrel with a circus going on around you. The waiters throw the rolls to everyone and play practical Jokes on unsuspecting costumers (Grampie got played!). It is alot of fun and alot of food! We had a good trip home. No rain this time and the kids did great the entire trip. It is nice to be home but I would go back in a heartbeat!

Beach!!!

We are sitting here resting on our 2nd day of our fall break beach trip. We got to Gulf Shores yesterday early afternoon and have already had a great time. My parents should be here any minute to spend the rest of the trip with us. We had ALOT of rain on our way down yesterday. Tim gets a lot of credit for driving through all of that. The rain fall was so hard at times we couldn't see 5 feet in front of us. I told him I will no longer say he is a bad driver. (well, we will see anyway!) Once we got here we checked out the condo and went right down to the pools. We are staying somewhere new this time and it is beautiful. The pools are great and the beach is a short walk. It was kind of cool yesterday in the water so we spent most of the time in the hot tubs. After swimming we ordered some food to the room and changed into some comfy clothes and watched tv. We decided to take a quick drive down the strip last night just to check things out. The kids were very tired so we headed back and finished watching a movie with them before they went to bed. Tim and I went to bed soon after that. The plan this morning was to head to the beach and build a sandcastle but it was cloudy and cool so we skipped that and went to a really cool park at Orange beach. We came back to the room for lunch. We laid Dylan down for a nap and Tim and Joshua went to the game room that is down stairs at the condo. Shrimp Fest is this weekend so as soon as my parents get here we are going to head to the beach and check out all of the good food and activities. I am glad to see that the sun is shining now! I can't post pictures until we get home so check back for those later!

We got BOO-ed

Every Halloween our neighborhood plays a game where you Boo your neighbors. At night you sneak over and leave a Halloween treat on their door step and run away so they don't know who "booed" them. Well, last night at about 8:00 we had a "mystery*" guest at our front door who left us a pumpkin full of goodies! It is now is now our turn to pick 2 more neighbors and Boo them. Once you have been booed you leave a ghost on your front door so everyone knows you have been booed. The goal is to try to get the whole neighborhood booed before Halloween!

*so of course I knew our neighbors were going to boo us this week since I overheard a conversation their 6 year had the other day at our house. Since I knew it was coming I went ahead and put in an order for the kind of candy I wanted. Thanks for the M&Ms Mona! he he!

Fall Break

This week the boys are on fall break from school. We try to have something to do everyday to prevent Cabin Fever and keep the kids happy! Monday we met our friends the Williams at the church playground. They were our neighbors when Tim and I were first married. We lived next to each other for about 3 years. Amy and I had our first babies about 6 weeks apart. Of course we have since moved and we each have new additions to our family (she has 1 kid up on me, but I plan to let that be for awhile!:) We try to get together every once in a while so we can stay in touch.

Picnic Day

This past Sunday our Sunday School class had a family picnic. Both of our teachers are in India on a mission trip so we decided to have a picnic instead of class that day. It was a perfect day for lunch outside. We had BBQ and chicken and everyone brought sides to go with it. We spent a few hours eating and watching the kids play on the playground.

This time last year.......

Here are a few pictures from this time last year. I came across these and just could not believe how much the kids have changed in 12 short months! They are growing up so fast!

Play Date

Dylan had a play date yesterday with his friend Zachary. Zachary's parents, Jason and Melanie, are in our Sunday school class. They just got a really cool new playground in their neighborhood so Melanie invited Dylan and I over to play yesterday. The boys fun running around and trying all of the new equipment. When the boys got tired of playing we put them in their strollers and walked around the neighborhood a few times. The weather was so perfect. We finally had to stop because it was putting the boys to sleep. Thanks Zach for inviting us over to play!