Beach Vaca: The End (finally)

Well our laptop has bit the dust but they were able to save all our data.  A flash drive with 16,000 pictures was given to me to sort through!  Fun times.  So I am finishing up this vacation post so I can get it off my to-do list.  If my pics were more orgnaized I would add more photos but this will have to do for now.

On Thursday, we enjoyed more pool and beach time.  My mom must have taken these pics of the kids before heading to the water. 

Friday was our last day :(  We went to the Splash Pad at the mall area.  We got there right at 10:00 when it opened which was before it got too busy.  To say that Lincoln loved it would be an understatement.  He had a ball.  I will let the pictures tell the story...

Telling all the passerbys "Hi"

Took a break to tell me he needed a cookie.

Made a friend

And then Carter shared his ICEE with Lincoln

Friday afternoon Heather and I again enjoyed some beach time.  While we were there a man caught this turtle.  All I had was my phone so here is a picture.  I sent it to my mom back at the house and she told me that this raccoon showed up on our porch!  Gross.  I would post a picture but I cannot find it amist the 6000 on my flash drive.  Just imagine it.  It was big.


Friday evening we took one last walk on the beach and I snapped these pics with my other lens. 

Thanks Mom and Dad for an AWESOME time!  We loved our time at the beach and cannot wait to return!!  We love you!

Beach Vaca: Day Four

On Wednesday morning, we headed back out to the beach!  Lincoln enjoyed the beach a little bit more this time.  He especially loved sitting on the shore and letting the water run up on his legs. 

Lincoln waving at everyone on the beach

Getting a drink with some help from Pa-Pa

That evening, my SIL arranged for us to have our pictures taken on the beach by Ken Rada Photography.  He took 361 pictures!  Here are just a few of my favorites.

Thanks, Heather for arranging the pictures for us.  They are definitely ones we will treasure for years to come. 

Beach Vaca: Day Three

On Tuesday morning we woke up and headed to PCB to go to the arcade for a few hours.  We ended up with a little over 2000 tickets between all of us and the kids were able to pick up some fun things to take home.  It was lots of fun.  The only pic we took was on our phone of Lincoln playing skeeball. 

For lunch we headed over to Pier Park for lunch at The Back Porch and then walked out onto the Pier.   

All five kids in the big chair.  I love all these sweet faces.

Slightly windy out on the Pier that day.

We headed back to the house and beach for the afternoon.  Heather, my SIL, and I enjoyed several hours of mommy time on the beach. We had dinner at the house and then that evening we headed out for ice cream!  

This guy is the bomb.com
(he hates when I use that phrase) :)