Gulf Shores - 2012

The kids and I went with my Mom to Gulf Shores, Alabama for Labor Day Weekend. My cousin was getting married on the beach there that weekend, which was why we went. It was a lot of fun, the wedding was BEAUTIFUL, and it was a relaxing mini-vacation.
This was Aiden and Sophia's first trip to the ocean. Aiden had been to the beach on a lake before, but never to the ocean. He loved the waves, seashells, and the sand. He had a blast! We didn't stay on the beach very long as it was too hot for Sophia to be out there long. The kids still loved it! The house we stayed at had a pool, so we spent a lot of time in the pool instead.
We ate good food, collected seashells, played in the sand and waves, hung out in the pool, spent time with family and welcomed a new person into our family as well. It was a wonderful weekend!
Here are some pictures....

Sweet Summer Time

We are only a few weeks into summer vacation and so far we have been having a lot of fun! It is so nice spending our days by the pool, relaxing and having fun. Jenny has had a few friends over to spend the night, which is a lot of fun for her.

We've gone swimming several times....

Played in an indoor playground....

We've rode the helicoptor ride at the mall....

We've worn hats...

Last week we took the kids to Stone Mountain for the Laser Show and then the next day we went to the movie theatres to see Madagascar 3. Father's Day is also this weekend, so the kids and I have been working on a craft and a few other ideas and plans. It is really fun to watch them try to keep a secret from their Daddy. Jenny is pretty good at keeping a secret, but Aiden has already almost blurted it out a few times. Hopefully he can hold it in until Sunday! They are both so excited to give Jaime his gift.

So far our summer has been pretty awesome!

Summer Collages

Our Summer....

June Vacation

Water fun!

Fourth of July

Cooling Off

Playin' Around!

At the Park

Lake Lanier

Daddy & Jenny

More Fun at the Lake

Silly Glasses

Lake Lanier

Yesterday Jaime, the kids, and I loaded up bags of snacks, a cooler with drinks, and our beach stuff and headed to Lake Lanier to the beach. Since there are only three weeks of summer left, we are trying to make the most of what time we have left before school starts.

Aiden and Jenny were feeding these ducks some pretzels. Jenny would throw the pretzels to the ducks, but Aiden just chased them around trying to give the pretzels to them. Haha!

Jenny was so afraid the ducks were going to bite Aiden. Aiden chased the ducks, and Jenny chased Aiden trying to get him to stop.

Eating a popsicle.

Jenny and her mud beard.

Aiden's beard.

There were lots of jet skis in the water which caused waves, and made the sand under the water look really cool. Jenny kept saying we were at the ocean instead of the lake because there were waves. Too bad the waves weren't nearly as big as waves in the ocean.  :)