The Rest of Our Beach Week

Wednesday after the beach, we decided to take the Mobile Bay Ferry across the gulf and back.  We were hoping to see dolphins and we thought the kids would enjoy the ride.  The kids were a little too worn out to really enjoy it, but Shawn and I did see some dolphins in the distance.  Brian may have seen them, but I am pretty sure Lilah did not. 

Yesterday we got a beach day with Whitney!  The kids were so excited!  Me too! 

Today was our last day at the beach.  It was also 1000% the best beach day ever!  Shortly after we arrived Lilah and I caught a glimpse of a baby stingray near the shoreline!  We got Shawn and Brian's attention and we all followed it down the shore for about 10 minutes.  So cool!

Then not 10 minutes later a group of teenagers started screaming like crazy people about 100 feet from where we were swimming.  They had spotted dolphins!  There were 3-5 of them chasing fish about 100 feet from us!  We watched them for a good 10 minutes.  It was sooooo cool!

We were all sad to say goodbye to the beach for another year, but we're also pretty worn out!  We'll be heading north tomorrow.  We'll miss the ocean and the YUMMY seafood and of course, Whitney! 

She's smizing :)

This boy will be SIX on Tuesday!

I was getting worried about her scalp burning and she agreed to wear a hat, but ONLY if it came from Whitney's work.  They didn't have any, but we found one elsewhere and Whitney convinced her she found it at her work.  Whew!

Sandy butt!

He's peeing in the ocean.  He didn't quite understand that he didn't need to show everyone the goods!

More Beach Time and Visiting Whitney's Work!

We had more fun at the beach the last two days.  The kids are not afraid of the water and Brian ventures further and further out each day.  Often we have to call him back in because he's TOO far out!  Lilah wants to hold my hand most of the time in the water, but she's also ventured out pretty far in her Daddy's arms.

We also go to visit the Dauphin Island Estuarim which was totally awesome!  Since Whitney works at the Sea Lab she gave us the personal tour!  We even got to see the plaques her friends here purchased in memory of Opa and Donna and a sea turtle nest!  The kids had a blast seeing and touching all the marine life and Whitney was totally in her element!!  It was fun to watch the three of them together.  Whitney isn't that much younger than me, but I did watch her grow up and in a way, she's still little to me...not sure she realizes that.

First, beach pics from yesterday!

I'm the king of the world!

Not sure what the angry face is about. 

This kid cannot get enough of the waves!

 

And the Estuarium...

Lilah kept kissing the fish tank!

Brian is apparently a parseltongue.

Checking out the bottom of a horseshoe crab!

Today before we hit the beach!

 

Beach Pics...Day 1

We made it to Dauphin Island!  It was a looonnnnngggg trip, but the kids did so well!  We stopped halfway and stayed in a hotel, which worked out well. 

The kids LOVE the beach and were so excited to get here.  As a MAJOR bonus, Whitney lives here, so we get to spend time with her too! 

Here are some pics we got today at the beach...

Disney Was...

Alright, I will admit...life has been hectic.  I have been bogged down with a lot of...stuff.  I had intended to break the Disney trip up into a bunch of smaller posts, but it clearly is never gonna happen.  And when I get in my head that I am going to post something, I feel like I can't post anything else until I make it happen.  I really want to move on from that and post more recent things and more often, so I am going to finish up the Disney posts this go around :)

Disney was....

a time for our girly girl to be....girly...

a time for our kiddos to find out that they LOVE rides!  Both rode their first roller coaster!  Brian LOVED It.  Lilah didn't particularly want to do it again.  But she's TWO!

a time for special moments with family...

a time for our hammy kids to ham it up...

a time for our sweet babies to bond as siblings...

a time for yummy food.  OMG YUMMY food!  Anyone who says otherwise about Disney food is eating in all the wrong places.

Thank you to Nana, Pappy, Jon and Teri for helping us make great memories!