Thursday, July 23, 2009

2009 Vacation- Orange Beach, AL

The Best! What else can I say? Our vacation to the beach this year was the best vacation we have had as a family! We stayed at Sea Chase Resort on the 6th floor. My brother and his girlfriend even came to join us for part of the week. My aunt and uncle and their family also went and stayed in another condo 2 floors down.

Jeremy and I want to thank my parents for taking us to the beach this year. We had a wonderful time and will never forget all the memories we made. We would not have been able to go if it weren't for them.
Below is a list of memories ...
I hope to never forget...
~taking Rylee for her first walk on the beach- she said, "Alex want to walk in the snow with me"
~celebrating Connie's birthday at Wolf Bay Lodge (with Cindy)
~making a train in the middle of the restaurant chanting "Cindy"
~learning how to eat crab legs
~getting to spend some time with Jay
~Tucker riding on the Ferris wheel for the first time (it came a down pour and they got soaked)
~burying Gramps in the sand
~Tucker finally began enjoying the ocean a little more
~Rylee Kate became quite a swimmer this week (jumping off the side, floating on her back
and swimming with her face under water)
~crabbing at night
My favorite of all- Doosie and Ry were sitting out on the balcony one morning and mom began telling her how God measured just the right amount of water in his hands and threw it to create all the oceans, lakes, rivers, etc. Rylee looked up at mom and said, "Did it get in God's eyes when he threw it?"

Some memories I hope I forget...
~leaving for the beach 3 hours later than planned
~getting stuck in traffic for 2 hours on the way home
~my personal problem
~our experience at Doc's seafood (a girl got sick/ so we left)
~Zach using the balcony rail as a balance beam (from the 4th floor)

Orange Beach Day 6

The last day of our vacation. WOW! What a trip!!!!


Tucker wanted to do this over and over!!!




One last shot of our home away from home!




Rylee Kate doing a new trick!



Our new wheels into the restaurant!



Just Gramps and Tucker...



I wonder what he is thinking???



Me and the kids before dinner



Sorry this picture is a little graphic, but this is at the restaurant where we ate dinner the last night. This (drunk) guy had just brought it in off the boat. It weighed 55lbs. He had just cut the jaws out and cut Tucker a skarks tooth out for him to take home.



Tucker and the (drunk) man holding the shark's jaw!!!


Tucker was looking for an alligator









Feeding the fish



My three favorite men!



This is our server, "Cindy", don't ask.....

Friday, July 17, 2009

Orange Beach Day 5

We had another great day at the beach! We had a short photo shoot before supper tonight and then we headed to the Wharf. They have lots of restaurants and shops. We had a fun evening out on the town.


Our brave little boy rode the Ferris wheel, I do mean a real BIG one. However, the ride ended a little early because it came down pour. Needless to say Tucker, Gramps and Kevin got drenched!!!


Rylee is officially a princess!

We have this same photo from two years ago. It was my favorite one! I wonder if Gramps will be able to lift him like this the next time we come back???


The fam


It wasn't the kids NOT looking at the camera.


This is the best we could get.

The rest of our group

The kids were about over the pictures!


Gramps, Doo, Tucker and Rylee Kate


I am not sure what face Rylee is making!


We got down to the beach at about 9:30 and I promise this little girl played in the sand the entire day. We finally made her go to the pool around 2:00 that afternoon. She had a great day!


Yes! Tucker has a gun! Can you believe this is all he has asked for us to buy him??? He is actually shooting the sea gulls.

UNCLE SAS

Sas under the mushroom!!!

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Beach Day 4

Even though we have no beach pictures from today we did enjoy another full day on the beach. Below are a few pictures I took in the pool and tonight after dinner. We are still having a wonderful time and hate for it to come to an end. Hopefully, the memories we have made will last a lifetime.

Rylee Kate sitting on the ship


They loved sitting on the side of the ship

Tucker is all smiles



Tucker and Zach



Family Snapshot



Rylee eating McDonald's before we get seated at our restaurant



Rylee and Alex hanging over the waterfall in the pool


Before the the day began...

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Orange Beach Day 3

We had another wonderful day on the beach and at the pool. We decided to spend extra time outside and cook dinner inside last night. We had some good food and a fun time. After dinner we all went swimming!

Look at this beautiful little girl!

My new surfer...
WIPEOUT!!!
This picture is priceless!

Tucker and Rylee Kate fixing to hit the pool

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Beach Day 2


The big sand box beside our table at the restaurant/Eating at Lu Lu's
Family Photo

Uncle Jay and Tucker/ Jay and Mary

Headed to the Ocean


Rylee Kate

Rylee cleaning up in the fountain after playing in the sand box


We ended the night crabbing/ Look what we caught