Beach Vacation....Beach Party and Toes in the Water!

Friday evening we headed down to Van Buren. Our initial plan was to eat dinner, load up the car, get a couple hours of sleep, then head out in the middle of the night. Katie and I had purchased some little beach gifts for the girls and wanted them to open them. Katie had gotten them the cutest cookie cake!

Ready for the Beach!

Mermaid Dolls!

Whale charms for their charm bracelet!

Yummy Cookie Cake!

After dinner, we started loading up the car while the girls played. We moved at a pretty slow pace. I'm sure that Clint and Eric will say this was mine and Katie's fault. It took about an hour and a half for us to load the car. The van doors were open during this time. So by the time we finally got everything in the car, the battery was dead! I had just put Gracyn to bed when Clint came in and said, "Let's Go!" So I had to get Gracyn up again. Silly little girls were so excited! They were jumping up and down saying, "We're going to the beach!" Little did they know we had more than a 12 hour drive ahead of us! We got everyone into the car and headed out! We stopped that morning for coffee, breakfast, and a bathroom break. After that, we were all too excited to sleep so we watched Dora's Mermaid Adventures and the Lorax.

Sleeping Gracyn with Cat Cat.

We got to Gulf Shores about 12:00.  Check in at the duplex was at 4:00, but we were hoping we would be able to check in early. The owner said we could try back about 2:00 and recommended we go to Bahama Bob's for lunch. It was amazing!!! It was a little cafe on the beach. We had some fried alligator, fried crawfish, burgers, and shrimp. After lunch, we headed down to check out the beach.

Putting her feet in the water!

Adding some finishing touches to someone else's sandcastle. These people ended up being from Arkansas and we had a nice conversation with them.

We got to the duplex around 2:00 and got moved in. It was a really nice place! Katie and I went to the grocery store to get some things for breakfast and snacks. When we got back we took the girls to the pool. This was pretty much a relaxing night.

Pool babes!