BUNCH OF ORANGES: "Did Sally Really Sell Seashells By The SeaShore?"

Whooo Hooooo! End of the summer beach trip! Short and sweet and splendid good fun! We were so torn and unsure of another trip after driving to Tennessee.... Hated turning down Destin with friends but just couldn't do the drive... then... what... a close beach trip that would be short and sweet and the friends were pretty fabulous too? Ha! The only clincher was Emmie was the ONLY GIRL.. well... and Jensie... The other girlies went to Destin. But we decided to just do it anyway... hoping she wouldn't be a beach whiner....and wow! SO GLAD WE DID! Emmie did great and didn't say one word about being the only girl. She played with them all and loved the waves and seashells! This was Jensie's first time to the beach and Gunner doesn't remember when he went at 10 months old, so it was like his first time. It was the first time for our whole family of 6 to go! I truly forget how much I love the beach! It's a must go place... every year!!! :) So sweet of my friends to tell me I could decide last minute and show up if we wanted! That took the pressure off and I must say... showing up at our LIME GREEN house was pretty exciting! Thank ya'll.. Wendy and Angela and your families!!!!

I love that we ended our summer with a sweet little beach trip! It was perfect!

Next up.... the dreaded....must stay happy and positive time of year.... SCHOOL!!!!!!

Scream! Sigh! I just pulled the blanket back over my head! Until next time... rev up... drink your coffee, get your rest, ask the Lord for strength... cause it's coming and there ain't nuttin we can do to stop it! We'll be back... with lots of Orange Family Firsts! :)

Whooo Hoooo... we are almost there!

The ferry ride over to the beach.... so cool!

got to see dolphins jumping up

Time for F-U-N!!!!

Happy Girl

Gunner got a ride on our friend's little dirt bike

Surfer girl?

Boys fishin

Sally Ain't got nothin on Emmie and her sea shells

We don't even think Sally exists!

Beach girls

All the kids love Mrs. Angela

A foolish man might have built his house upon the sand and it might have went "smack"...But a wise runner definitely goes for a run on the beach and is "haaaaaaaaaapppppppyyyyyyyy"

Ice cream trucks live here! They come by 5 times a day!

MMMMMM

Treats for all!

I love how cute she looks on this bar stool.

Good Morning Angel!

what could they be discussing???

Love her!

And her!!

Ready for their 1st Fishing Trip with Daddies :)

Happy Girl!

More treats??? How can you tell them no?

Who has some baby fishes?

This is where its at....

Emmie giving Mrs. Angela a makeover...

We Happy

Look a here.... what a catch! Red Fish!

Black Drum.... this thing looks crazy cool

Another whoppin Red Fish

THESE TWO!!!! Love/Hate relationship... either pushing each other or hugging and sitting like buddies! LOL

Daddy's little beach girl

Loves it!

We only did this for like 5 minutes! LOL.... We got 12 children to watch... plus the daddies! :)

Playing in the sand

Leave it to my Noah to hook a sea gull with his fishing pole... :( Luckily it was ok and flew away after we got the hook out

Beach Boy...

yes.... sometimes we pee...sometimes we take off our clothes, we're boys... we're young and still learning

I love how Gunner is looking back like..."You pee-in too?"

Loves catchin them fish

Adorable

This was Noah 90% of the time!!!! Happy little fisherman

Sand body mask is always good for the skin?

Oh to be a kid....

I wish I could lay back and close my eyes and get this!

Gunner and a baby fish

Daddy and his big beach girl

Almost 9 years old!!!!!!!!!

Surfer girls...

Love this man!

Even the big boys play with sand

What an "up-do"

Wherever you find boys...you will find duct tape

Hermit Crab

Noah givin the dirt bike a test run.... guess what he's asking for now????

Jensie is sittin with Mrs. Wendy and I got to feed baby M.J.

Bunch of kids... movie time

These two... rotten and more rotten... they were givin nicknames on this trip... "Ray Lewis" b/c he's a big ol linebacker... don't mess with him... and "Maggie" from the Simpsons... always suckin on that paci! LOL!