So this second trip was our friend trip with Uncle Jay, EP, Grant and all of the Clarks. There were 2 of us missing though. The mommies and daddies (including me, reluctantly) all agreed that it would be in everyone's best interest if the babies (Jake and Kate) stayed with their grandparents. As you'll find out while you read this, it ended up being a very good decision on our part.
So we drove down on a Saturday and settled into the house (the same house we've stayed at for, I think, 3 years now). Well, probably not 2 minutes after you'd found Ellie and Abby, the "booty" and "poopy" words began - plus a lot of tattling! Now, I just really don't have a problem with those words (and neither did anyone else), so Miss Nicole had a family meeting right after we got there. Basically she told you guys that we didn't care if you said booty or poopy, so there was no need to tattle on anyone. But you guys obviously didn't listen very well, because there was a lot of tattling that week!
We had a kids table for you guys which was PERFECT for all of your meals. And that way all of the adults could sit at the big table all together. Not that that actually happened, but it could have!
Sunday we hit the beach! Unfortunately Mommy had gotten some bad news that morning - Beepo had passed away, so it was hard to enjoy the beach to its fullest, but seeing you play helped!
Miss Nicole had brought a blow up boat which was the best thing in the whole wide world!! You wouldn't go in the water, but you WOULD hop in this boat and ride the waves. It was awesome! And the water actually wasn't that cold, so it turned out to be a perfect solution for everyone!!
On Monday, we hit the beach again and hung out in the pool in the afternoon. That night was girls night for the mommies. So you kids and the daddies went to Pompano Joe's for dinner.
This is where the wise decision to keep Jake at home comes in - Mommy had to fly to Little Rock on Tuesday to go to Beepo's funeral on Wednesday. So Daddy was there by himself taking care of you from Tuesday until Thursday. That would've just been too much if Jake was there too. So it all worked out like it should have. Meemo and Grandpa would have loved to have seen you, but it would have been too much for everyone to fly back and forth, plus you were too young to even discuss what was going on, so they totally understood why you stayed there. FYI - you should know what great friends Miss Nicole and Mr. Jeremy are - they gave Mommy one of their free flights on Southwest so I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg to get to the funeral (just an arm!).
When Mommy got back on Thursday, it was time to go to our annual outing to Baytowne Wharf with all of the kids wearing their coordinating outfits! You guys love to play around at that place, so it's kind of hard to wrangle you all for a picture, but once we did, I think we got a great shot!
We went to eat dinner at our usual spot (I can't remember the name now - Hammerheads, maybe?), but they always have live (and loud) music, so it's perfect for you guys. You all love to get out their and shake your groove things! It's hilarious to see your dance moves. You guys also loved to pretend that the pole was a microphone and sung into it.
And of course, as we do every year, you get to play with the lobster claw from someone's meal! I'm not sure how sanitary that is, but it keeps you occupied, so we'll go with it!
We were actually able to get a somewhat decent family picture - minus Jake :(.
And then we capped off the night with just a little ice cream (I'm being facetious - do you see how big those scoops are!?!!?)
The next day Mommy's friend Miss Carrie and her little girl Chloe came to the beach to play with us. They were in Destin at the exact same time, but since Mommy had to go to Little Rock for most of the trip, we only got to see them once. Miss Carrie said that Chloe had been terrified of the water all week, but once she saw you guys in the boat, she wanted to get in it too. You, Chloe and Grant all went for a ride in the boat and loved it! Ahh that boat, what a lifesaver!!!
You also loved our pool. Actually I think you probably would have preferred to stay at the pool the whole time, but we have a pool in our neighborhood, and we don't have a beach, so I wasn't about to stay all week at the pool at our house! But you loved playing with Abby and Ellie in the pool when we did.
The next Saturday we all packed up and went home. That's a long drive, but thank goodness for TVs! What in the world would we have done without it - maybe talk!!?!?! Heaven forbid!!!! :)
Well, I'm still behind on my updates, so I'm going to save all of June's activities for the next posts and then hopefully I'll be caught up!!! There's just not enough time in the day!!
Until then, Kiss Kiss from Mommy!
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