Wednesday after school we headed to the beach - finally! We have been waiting all summer for this trip!
Rocking on the porch with Granddaddy and Jimmy when we got there
Playing foosball
The downstairs had a big TV and game room
Tucked in and ready for bed with Mason the Monkey, her friend from school
Thursday
Up early and eating donuts for breakfast
Playing the ghost game
Me, Amy and Kaye's team won!
These two were so happy to be on the beach - first time this year!
Riding the waves
Chasing the seagulls
Building a sand castle
Mammy with two of her sweet darlings!
Snacks on the beach with Mammy
Me and Amy chillin
(Nicole wasn't down there yet and Kent and Melanie had already left)
Playing with the sand toys
With his new boogie board from Phe Phe
It rained due to a Tropical Storm for a few hours so we played Go Fish
Me and Amy tried out the hot tub
We were high rolling this year with a hot tub and a pool at our beach house! It was nice!
Ella swimming with daddy and Caleb riding the waves in
Ella liked to bury everyone's feet in the sand and take our orders and bring us food made with sand.
Snacks and Sun with my favorite girl
Ella was laying down in the sand and the waves got her!
Sweet girl!
Caleb dug a big hole
Back from the beach and rocking with Granddaddy
(Granddaddy didn't feel good and didn't make it down to the beach. He sat in the house the whole week but was a good sport and wanted us to have a good time and not worry about him!)
Life is good at the beach!
Thursday night Aiden and Eli arrived - yay!!!
Happy to be together
Family dinner - only thing missing was Kent's family!
The kids loved the electronics and wanted to be playing on a phone or Kindle when we were just sitting around
After dinner, we went back to the hot tub!
We also went to the pool but the water was chilly!
It didn't take long to crash once she got a bath and finally got still!
Friday
We took a few pictures with Mason the Monkey for Ella's HW
By the pool
At the beach - this was Mason's first trip ever!
Playing in the sand
In front of the sea turtle nest
Playing in the waves
He was guarding a "family of sand fiddlers" so they didn't wash back into the ocean
Family picture on the beach
Ella with her name that she wrote in the sand
Trying to get Caleb to do the same with his name
Cousins and best buddies - these two had fun together!
Miss Hollywood
Some pool time before dinner
Hanging out with Granddaddy in his spot for the week
The grandparents were so nice to take care of the kids so we could have a night out! We headed out to dinner at Ruddy Ducks for some pecan fried flounder and frog legs!
We also celebrated our anniversary a day early - 11 years!
Isabelle was in the car so Amy sent a picture back to Ella to let her know we were taking good care of her!
Kent and Melanie came back to the beach and met us at Ben and Jerry's for ice cream
Owen double fisting!
Outside of Ben and Jerry's with the "Raynor chin"
The girls - Ella, Brooklynn, and Rosie :)
These two getting along :)
Saturday
Playing in the morning
Raynor Girls on the beach - Nicole was so cute with her baby bump!
Mrs. Robin came down to hang out with us for a little while that morning!
Raynor cousins on the beach - best we could get!
Mammy's girl!
These girls and their sunglasses - so cute!
The little boys had fun pulling their boogie boards and running around together
Scott catching our dinner
With a fish that Kent caught
Ella pulling Brooklynn on the boogie board
Kent caught a baby crab
Mammy and her girls
Nicole and Eli
Kent and Owen
Mammy and the other two sweet darlings
Granddaddy and Ella watching TV
Melanie and Amy in the hot tub
The rest of us at the pool
Hanging out even though the water was chilly
Mammy and Owen
Granddaddy and Brooklynn
The guys cooked a big seafood dinner (the fish they caught themselves) and the kids had ice cream on the porch
Playing in the game room
Trying to get a few more pictures with Mason the Monkey for her scrapbook and then we headed home!
What a great few days away being with our family - so thankful for the wonderful memories made on the Raynor vacation trips every year!
Until next year!!!
