Beach Trip 2013

My dad and Sheila took us on a wonderful trip to Orange Beach, AL the first week in June. Helen and Jeremy flew in to join us for the week and Shelby and Josh were there too. This was Perry's first beach trip and it was so fun to see his enthusiasm. We stayed in a fabulous house on the beach, which was so convenient with young kids. We got a lot of beach play time and I even got a good bit of relaxing time on the beach while the kids were napping. It was such a great week!

 Perry was a little timid at first, but quickly became comfortable with the water.

 Perry and PaPa

 trying to stop the waves

 our set up with house in background (big green duplex)

Mills was not a fan of the ocean or sand, so he spent most of his beach time in the baby pool. It was the absolute best idea! He splished and splashed while I sat near him in my chair...success!

 Perry and Daddy played a lot

 Nice pose, Alex

 PaPa and Nana with boys the night we went out to dinner

 We spent one morning at the pool when the ocean was too rough.

Perry flying a kite...you can hardly see the kite way up there! He let go of it seconds after I took this picture and it took me quite a while to get it back.

 cute boy!

 Alex and Perry having fun in the waves

 PaPa and Mills

Mills inspecting PaPa's beer 

Mills warmed up to the water on the last day, but gave a little "oooo" when it came near him.

We went crabbing one night. Perry loved chasing the little crabs around, but when PaPa caught this bigger one, he wasn't too fond of it.

 The soon-to-be parents with our boys

 Silly!

There were many highlights of the trip, but there's ONE thing that will forever impact me. We saw sharks! Not the little sand sharks....real, people-biting, sharks. Two of them! And they were only about 30 feet out...right where some of our crew and others had been in the water. We saw the entire figure of the sharks as they were swimming along in the waves. FREAKY! I'm just so glad no one was in the water at the time. I know there are sharks and other things in the ocean, it just hits you in a different way when you see them up close.