The Beach, Final Round

In no particular order. And I do mean that.

What noise?
The big kids left the beach for some souvenir shopping, and thought they'd shock me with this mock tattoo on my 16 year old.
Back off, girls :)

House rules

At the Naval Museum

Packed lunch on the way.

Brother Dude, you gonna share?

Kasidi would randomly break into song, "Big Big House."

Blue Angels practice. It was awesome!

The girls were thrilled.

We always had good food!

This krew always packs a lunch. Kennah is in charge of the chips!

On the way home, these people went crazy!

What a blessing!!!!!!

The Beach, Round II

Our first stroll to the back yard beach.

We left home at 5 am, and many passengers wondered if it would be worth it.

30 some hours later, the answer was obvious, as seen below:
Boogie boarders


The creatures are washing in with the tide :)





Is it really gonna rain?
Yup!
Frisbee?



You want me to stop? And smile?
Inseparable buddies.
Our lil bungalow.

Baby sister needs water. I'm your man.
It's bu-wight.


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Kindle Fire ~ 1 week from today!

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A week from today, on August 31st, we will draw.

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The Beach, Round I

So many awesome pictures of our vacation, and most of them did not come from my piddly camera. Except for the individual and family photo shoot (thank you, Mr. Brad!!!), these are some of my favorite more formal pics:

After 34 hours on the road, we're ready to check out our sweet new place!

We mostly cooked at home, but the day we drove to Pensacola to watch the Blue Angels practice, we feasted big! This is the teen table. What followed wasn't purty.

Picture day was a blast...

...mostly :)

A pastel of kids! They outnumbered us 4 to 1, but don't tell them!

Big bang? Evolution? I think not! This is the work of the Father!

Just plain cool pic!

Ditto.

1, 2, 3...3...3

My kids! Aren't they adorable?!? That is NOT a real tattoo, people. Although he did freak me out a little.

Say it with me: "Ahhhhhhh."

My big'uns. Be still, my heart.

Kuyler and Kenzie had fun making some 'hey boy' and 'hey girl' pictures!

I think this one went viral on FB.

I'd forgotten the down side of vacations: going home. The guys were waiting on the girls after our overnight stopover.

Thank you, Brad and Kim, for blessing us with this amazing vacation!

More to come...