Whatley Beach Trip 2012

We just got back from our annual beach vacation with the Whatley family to Fort Morgan, AL. It was so fun and so nice to just get out of town for a while. We drove down on Friday afternoon to Pensacola after we picked Will up from school. We were packed in like sardines with all of our "stuff." As Gigi put it, we are just a step away from needing a car-top carrier. :) Either that or we really need to learn to condense what we bring. My guess is that we will end up with a car top carrier before the latter happens. Nevertheless, we made our way down and surprisingly enough only had to stop twice. The first stop was before we made it to Meridian though and at that point we felt like we were in for a loooong trip. But, June's crazy nursing schedule and our little boys' bladders cooperated so we actually got to Pensacola in about 6 hours. That's a personal record for this family!
We stayed up late chatting and catching up with Kelly and Brett, but still were up bright and early to head over to Fort Morgan on Saturday.
Saturday was mostly spent getting settled in and playing at the beach house. I love watching these kids play together. Every time they are around each other they pick up right where they left off.

Gigi and Jabo read a book and it was off to bed.

Sunday, we woke up to pouring down rain. The kids watched from the porch at first, but then Gigi came up with the great idea of playing in the rain.

After bathtime, the kids all got to put on their traditional Halloween shirts.

On Monday, the rain was gone, but some serious wind took its place. We "roughed" it at the beach for a little while.

Then, we all went to the pool for a bit.

That afternoon we made stickies and watched some cartoons. Luke really got into the stickies. :)

Tuesday, we got up and took our family group pictures and then headed to Foley outlet before making our way back home to Stark-vegas!

Oh, how I love these 3 cuties!

It was a really nice break and we are so grateful to Gigi and Jabo for sharing their vacation with us. I'm already looking forward to next year!