Sun, Sand, Sonic...need I say more?

We definitely all needed a little time away to our favorite place...the beach! This is part 2 to the previous post...more from our week.
Daddy, I got my hippo and we are going to the beach. Best $2.49 I even invested, thanks to Winn Dixie.
Mr. Hermit, the Crab....or did we name him Tim?

Izzy, Abby and Tim

Not only did we find a crab, we found Mr. JellyfishEw...I don't like Jellyfish. "Don't bite me." Actually Abby saved me one day on a walk on the beach, one came right up to the shore (I think it might have been dead) and I nearly stepped on it, until Abby yelled, "JELLYFISH!!" Luckily, my catlike - 31 year old reflexes allowed me to jump right over the huge thing. Whew, thanks again Abby!

Huh? A pirate ship? Where? Yikes!

Chillaxin

We took a break from the beach to feed the alligators at Fuddpuckers. Good times. We are Florida, isn't that a requirement? The other cool thing about this place is we got out some sharpies and got to write on ANYTHING we wanted too in the restaurant - walls, chairs, floor, ceiling, and even the tvs, what? Maybe we can go back next year to see if our names are still up there.

Izzy was not going by this thing with a ten foot pole. We are still learning what a "pretend" something is.

"I am ready to build my castle mommy"

"Huh?"

"I am going to get you!"

Running and running to catch those birds

Our big Crab Dinner at Steamers, yummy!!!

Funny

Ya, you want a piece of me?

Tough girl

Everyone flex for Grandma Merrianne

Thank concludes our trip...bye - bye sand, ocean, R&R, see ya next year! Thanks for the great memories once again. Next year will be year 9!!! Wow, we are almost to double digits. You can see we sorta like this place.

"I am going to the Beach!"

Izzy, where are you going? "I am going to the beach, on a big airplane!" This kid was excited to say the least to go to the beach. So we (I) packed everything imaginable that we would need for a 2 year old and got it into Hank (our pickup) and sent Chris to Florida, while Iz and I jumped on a plane. We made in time for him to pick us up (he left the night before). Why do we do this? A few reasons. 1. If there is a plane going where I need to vacation, I am on it. Don't get me wrong, I like an occasional road trip, but sometime you just want to get there. 2. Chris LOVES road trips. He loves getting in his truck, listening to his XM radio and driving from state to state. That is his vacation. 3. We have a toddler...do you think we want to spend 15 hours in the car with a toddler? NO. 4. We have a car to use when we are there and I can bring all the junk I want too:) 5. Best scenario for keeping our marriage sane:)

So, here is a whole mess of photos from the week...I am warning you. We went to the beach everyday, early. After the 3-4 hour nap times, we got dressed and headed out to dinner. If we weren't on the beach, we were eating at some awesome restaurant or playing or shopping or eating ice cream...vacationing:) We had a great time.

Izzy's first visit down to the beach when we got to the condo. She had sand everywhere, probably because she thought picking it up and throwing it was a good idea.Scout got a little wet...oops, sorry, mom.

Making sand castles

We also went to The Track and had a great time!Skeeball for kids...I wish i could do it this way, I could get LOTS of tickets:)

Jayci and Abby - 1st place

JeDonne and ScoutDaddy and Iz - 1st place, the second time...Izzy loves this even though she isn't smiling in this picture.

This is hilarious

Choo-choo train.

This started out good, then the spinning started, they had to stop the ride and we took Izzy out...Abby and Scout, on the other hand, had a joyous time spinning.

Abby and Izzy - too cute.

Krispy Kreme - yum-o!

Para sailing

So, we got to go para sailing in the Gulf of Mexico, which is really pretty cool, since the water is amazingly warm, clear (so you can see all the sea life you are getting dunked into) and the view is amazing along the panhandle of Florida. Just Chute Me was the name of the company we went with and they took us by our condo and Chris got some pretty good shots with his camera too. They took us up 800 feet! Ya, that was very far. AND, the kids got the drive the boat back in teh harbor. I must say, we were going pretty stinkin fast. The kids had a blast and are probably still talking about it. JeDonne took the kids jet skiiing too! What a fun week we had!

Abby, Jayci and Scout

Getting dipped

Abby, JeDonne and Scout - they aren't having ANY fun!

Go Abby!

Faster Scout! one of the biggest smiles this kid gave us all week.

Coconut M&Ms

Okay, I had to post this because everyone I know needs to know how delicious this candy is. First and foremost, I should say that I LOVE M&Ms, just about all of them..so I am way biased when it comes to "limited edition" candy. I don't have a particular favorite (okay, maybe the peanut butter ones), but these need a little more publicity and they are LIMITED time only folks, so go get yourself some now (if you can find them.)
There is no coconut chunks, just the flavor and they are bigger than the little guys, so more to eat (or suck on in my case.) Enjoy!