Truth be told, our rental wasn't everything we'd hoped it would be. My heart sank when we first arrived. Renters beware: photos are often creatively and cleverly taken. It took me a full day to get over the serious flaws of this beach house and the $$ we had saved and spent to rent it. This house is in need of an extreme home makeover, inside and out. Mark gave me a pep talk and he was right...all that mattered was that we were together, right on the beach and that was where we would be spending all of our time.
Riley and I hung white twinkle lights on the deck railing (which was about to fall off). Trust me when i tell you this house looks so much better at twilight than in full daylight. The roof was metal and totally rusted. Everytime i looked at it, i couldn't help but hear the B-52's singing "TIN ROOF...RUSTED!!!" By mid-week we were all laughing and joking about our stay at the little rustbucket by the sea. We McD's know how to have fun regardless of where we are...
we brought a telescope from home and got to see the Super Moon up close and personal! ...and the millions of stars that you can see when you are away from city lights is UNBELIEVABLE!
Griffin likes to dig.
Huge holes.
To China.
we all love the warm Gulf water. Nothing better than floating in the surf!
We always get fresh seafood one night from the local seafood market. We ate by moonlight and twinkle light...
a trip to Gulf Shores wouldn't be complete without a ride on the Wild Woody...
a stop at Souvenir City...
and lunch at The Hangout...
We love going to Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church, in GS, too. They serve holy water on the half shell here. Love that!
Riley was faithful to his daily workouts, even on vacation. He moved that giant tire up and down the beach every morning.
I was exhaused just taking that picture. Football season is fast approaching...no time for slackers.
BOOM BOOM FIRE POWAHHHHH !!!! {name that movie}
Time to cool off
Kate loves to draw in the sand...
and the guys always bury dad every year...
The Blue Angels practiced over our beach every day. That was incredible to see!
time for a break...
it was pretty awesome to be so close to the shore...
Special times with my favorite people in the whole wide world...
These two guys sum it up...
Life is good, indeed!
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