Beach finds

Chris is the winner. Each year we have this unspoken contest to see who can find the best beach shell. If you don't know sand dollars are really hard to pick up without breaking. They are VERY fragile. Also they will come in & before you can get to them, the sand is covering them up with the next wave. So Chris comes in first. Steph was 2nd runner up with her shell that is about the size of a baseball. It has no chips or cracks (which is unusual).

Surfer Boy

This is one of the few photos I have of Logan using the boogie board. Most of the time he'd just throw his body into the crashing wave & body surf in.

Surfer Girl

Steph & her skim board.
If you keep practing long enough, you will eventually learn it. You will unfortunately end up with sandblasted skinned up elbows, knees, & hips too.

Chris & I

This is something I really enjoy doing. Just sitting in a beach chair right at the surfs edge & watching the kids play. I also scan the water for black fins (I'll be honest). I'm a little freaked out just knowing sharks are in the water. So far the only fins I've saw are the dolphins making their daily trek down the coast.

Stars & Stripes

Saw this in a Family Fun magazine, decided to try it out for the beach trip.

What we ♥

We enjoyed our annual Gulf Shores vacation this year. I have many photos so I'll add one for each day. This is just a little preview.

Fun Outing

I found a thing online to buy certificates for things in our area for cheaper than you get. So Retha & I both bought cert's for Golf Mountain, the new course in Lowell. Wallace didn't want to go so I went along with them. This was taken then. I didn't take a photo of the trip that Chris went to with me & the kids later that night.