A Little Vacation Action

We are home from the beach! We were supposed to come home today, but with Fay's sudden turn heading towards our location, we decided to leave a day early. We had a great time doing nothing but relaxing and being lazy. Once again, there are a lot of pictures in this post, but you can't expect two bloggers to go on vacation together and not allow for plenty of photo ops. We took off early Saturday morning in the big bus. This bus is the perfect vehicle for traveling! The only challenge was trying to keep this little guy still. He sat up front with the guys for a few minutes. Apparently something was really funny at the time this picture was taken. Maybe they were just excited to be going on vacation? Do you know how nice it is to be able to drive down the interstate while your child sleeps in his pack and play? It was wonderful! It also acted as a cage to contain him. This boy is SO active.

We got in late that night, but the next morning we hit the beach. Caroline loved knowing she was in Ariel's territory. She chased the seagulls (or Scuttle) around the beach. At one point we saw her take off after a seagull saying, "Excuse me, Scuttle!".

Roy Austin and I got to spend a little QT together in the water.

Poor Caroline was so exhausted that she fell asleep in the chair after her bath.

The next day we decided to do the pool instead of the beach. We all had a fun time lounging around.

It was way past Roy Austin's nap, but he was a trooper. He actually fell asleep a few times in this float, but I couldn't get my camera fast enough to catch those shots.

He finally had enough, so we headed back to the house.

After baths and after putting Roy Austin to sleep, look who zonked out while reading books with Daddy?

That night, Dolly and I coaxed the guys away from the Olympics to play UNO with us. When we were growing up, my sisters and I thought "playing cards" meant playing UNO. We didn't know what poker was, BUT if you gave us a deck of UNO cards, we could play some serious game. It's still true.

Maybe we should brush up on our skills. Leland was the proud champion of the night.

These two had fun playing together all week. Nothing thrills Caroline more than having a brother to boss around.

On Dolly's birthday, we ventured into the little town of Appalachicola and visited a little beauty parlor for a pedicure. This place was like the beauty parlor on Steel Magnolias....accents and all!

Ginger, the beautician, actually did a great job. We loved talking with her and hearing all she had to say, and boy did she have a lot to say!

She even gave Roy Austin a much needed hair cut and it turned out the best he's ever had. It took me and his daddy to hold him down for Ginger.

For Dolly's birthday, we went to her favorite restaurant on the island...The Owl's Nest. It was very good! Another event that occurred this week was the realization of a duo. You know how the media has made one name out of famous couples? Like Brangelina, TomKat, Bennifer? Well, Ladies and Gents, I am pleased to present to you, LeRoy!!

LeRoy had fun pal-ing around together. They did so much. They went grocery shopping, grilled together...
...LeRoy cooked breakfast together.......they even shared a bag of popcorn together! May your relationship last a lifetime, guys.

Okay, back to the beach. We spent another entire afternoon on the beach enjoying the sun and sand.

Roy Austin took the shore by storm. Our baby crawled everywhere...towards the water, through sand castles, across sand pits. In this picture, he went face first into the sand and didn't like the results.

That night we all went out to the beach before dinner to take some pictures. A big thank you to LeRoy for humoring their wives, and cooperating. They were getting hungry, annoyed and the flies were out biting ankles that night. But hey, we got some good shots:

There are so many more pictures from our photo shoot, but I'm sure Dolly will post some and I know you are all getting a little blurry eyed from this post. They all turned out cute, though. The next morning, we decided to pack up and head on home one day early. Fay is supposed to head right over St. George Island and the Appalachicola area tonight. It was a long day yesterday for the boys, but we in the back of the bus thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! Here is Leland eating his burrito before he drives 10 hours straight. He didn't take one break! Not even a bathroom break! He is made of steel. Dolly is being a good wife and giving her man a little massage and a pep talk:

It was a wonderful vacation, but it's always so nice to get to your own house and sleep in your own bed. The kids loved waking up in their rooms this morning and so did we. Thanks, Dolly and Leland, for a fantastic time!