beach trip {2}

what a way to start a day...breakfast on the balcony overlooking the beach!  we each picked out a sugary cereal to eat on vacation.  some of us may have been more excited about cereal than the beach!!!

we spent the morning on the beach and the afternoon at the pool.  a perfect way to spend a day!

we got cleaned up and went to dinner at lambert's.

it was yummy, as usual, and we may have dropped more rolls than we caught.  oops!

beach trip {1}

with summer in full swing...it was time to pack up the van and head to the beach!

just a few hours later!

somehow, we managed to turn the 7 hour drive to 5 hours with only 1 potty break, but we were starving!  we had an early dinner at the shrimp basket where we ate baskets full of yummy shrimp!

the time had finally come...

the kids were super excited to play in the ocean!

after splashing around in the water, they got to work building one of many sandcastles.

it was basically perfect.

summa time...

...means laid back days with lots of time to play!!!

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We have been bowling with friends!

We have stayed in our jammies and painted.

We have eaten lots of sweet cherries!

We have played with our chickens.

We have gone on too many late night ice cream runs!

We have been on a "Journey Off the Map!"

We have spotted a real live mermaid!

We have flipped!

We have some new Grizzlies gear!

We have visited the new Bass Pro Shop!

We have checked out lots of books to read!

take me out to the ballgame

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday at AutoZone Park by cheering on the Memphis Redbirds!

Carter was cracking me up and reminding me of too many lines from The Sandlot..."You're killin' me Smalls!"

I don't think it's possible to go to the ballpark without eating ice cream from a baseball cap bowl.

Carter REALLY wanted to catch a ball!  He sat like this for a LONG time!!!

His persistence paid off!  And, he was super excited!!!

We had lots of fun watching the game, eating snacks, catching balls, and hanging out with Grandpa!