Vacay day 5 – RAIN!

The clouds were so beautiful this am!  So fluffy!  We got out to the beach and got everything set up, were already playing in the water and I started noticing dark clouds out in the ocean and they came closer and closer and closer till they rained on us!  That was fun.  The ocean water was cooler and felt great, after the rain the sand was cool to walk on.  I saw three fish about a foot long swimming together and we saw lots of little bitty fishes everywhere.  It was neat to be out in the ocean during the rain.  Kayson and I played in the sand for a little bit.  Then we took the kids up to the park pavilion bc they were having a wildlife demonstration.  That was neat.  We saw an owl, so pretty and majestic.  They brought two baby opossoms.  They were so cute and tiny.  Then we had a little more beach time before heading back to the campsite for lunch.  We had jumbo black olives with lunch and the boys loved putting them on their fingers!  Then it was rest time.  Glenn and I laid down and the babies watched a movie.  Kirsten had me show her how to get my blog on her phone and she started reading it from the very beginning.  She would be like Mama you put that in the blog and I would be like yea, I wanted to remember it!  lol  We had baked (on the grill) potatos for dinner.  Mmmmmm……those were good!  Great flavor!  I crocheted some on my stripey blanket that evening.  I love watching yarn turn into something beautiful!

Vacay day 4 – more BEACH!

Have I mentioned I LOVE the BEACH?!?!?  lol  Same plan as yesterday, up, breakfast and find the beach!.  We saw a beautiful yellow classic car in Destin.  The plates said California, wow, that was a long drive!  J  When we made it out to the beach and chose our spot it was right by a big sea turtle someone had made out of sand.  That was neat!  Although, it wasn’t there by the time we left, Kayson has this thing for stepping on sand sculptures!  lol  His age???  We found more clams, they are fascinating creatures.  More waves, love standing out and just letting them hit me.  I would love a float for that but the babies usually confiscate those!  J  I put some sand and water and clams in my hand to see if they would dig and they did.  It tickled.  That was neat and I even got a neat video of it!  I am not normally a big fan of selfies but I have actually taken quite a few on this trip.  lol, sometimes its about the only way I get in a pic unless I specifically tell Honey he needs to take pics.  J  I love taking pics of the waves.  The ocean is so amazing.  God is so amazing to create something so very beautiful for us to enjoy!  I love our beach umbrella, it has such vibrant colors!  A lot of people have one exactly like ours though.  lol, guess they shop at Sams too.  At lunch we introduced our babies to the movie Sandlot.  They loved it!  Before dinner we took the boys to the playground for a little bit.  Then dinner, then bed.  J

Vacay day 3 – BEACH!

Today we followed our plan!  J  We got up and had breakfast and got swimsuits on and headed into Destin!  Now we knew where to go!  When we arrived at the State Park, we discovered they had a red flag out.  A red flag means to swim with caution bc the water is rough.  The waves were awesome!!!  We did tell Cayden he couldn’t use a big float bc the water was too rough and Kirsten had already been knocked off hers and hit her head on the sand!  She was alright but did rest for a little bit bc she had a headache at first.  Kinda scared me a little.  I love just laying on the shore and letting the waves wash over me!  We discovered lots of little clams and put them in a pail where we got to watch their fingers come out.  We also got to see them digging into the sand before the waves came to wash them away!  The Littles enjoyed riding their daddy in the waves!  Glenn buried his legs in the sand and Kayson tried to copy him.  After we were back at the campsite, I took Keegan and Cayden to the restrooms, on our walk back, we found a snail.  Keegan carried it back to the RV to show everyone and it came out in his hand.    Honey and I took naps after lunch, then he ran to get mustard and we had chilidogs for dinner.

Vacay day 2 – will we see the beach today?

Sleep felt so good, unfortunately we were woke up around 2 am to some very strong storms!  I don’t like storms!  The thunder was so loud, it woke Cayden up and he had to come get in bed with us bc he was scared.  So we were later than we wanted to getting up.  See, I know it’s vacation and that’s supposed to mean doing whatever and not worrying about time and sleeping in and all that but we had planned to go to the beach every morning and hang out at the campsite every afternoon.  We had a few reason for this.  First, I do not handle heat well, odd that I live in Texas and love the ocean so much, I know but it is what it is and we have to keep it in mind.  So we figured the mornings would be somewhat cooler, maybe and afternoons could be for resting.  Second, to save money on food and not be eating out the whole week, we planned to eat all meals at the campsite so we wanted to be up early enough to get to Destin have beach time and be back to eat lunch at the RV.  Well, since we got up late, we needed to change plans.  We needed to run to Publix and pick up a Sun Pass for the toll bridge we needed to cross and we wanted to run by walmart bc we didn’t bring any floaties.  Of coarse walmart took longer than expected bc well that store is just a big black hole especially with 5 children!  lol  Of coarse we thought of more things we “needed” too and didn’t know where anything was.  Then back to the RV to have lunch.  After we had to make sure all beach items were in Silver, get sunscreened and finally we were on our way, knowing we needed to be back in time for dinner.  We finally made it into Destin about 3:30 or 4 ish and then we couldn’t find the public beach access!  We finally found this one place and we parked and we walked and walked and walked, there wasn’t many people here but it was ocean and sand and we had found it!  lol.  It did have a neat sand hill to roll down!  J  We knew there had to be a better place but we still had a good time!  On our way back, we saw a better public beach access (which we haven’t used yet) and we also stopped by the State Park right there in Destin and discovered that bc we are camping at the State Park in Niceville, we get in free!  Cool!  They have lots of beach and restrooms!  Its so nice!  Then we got back to the campsite and didn’t have chili dogs bc the mustard was forgot!  We had hamburgers instead.  Mmmm.  Then we watched a movie and bedtime!  It was a good day!  J

Vacay day 1 – Let’s get there!

4:30 rise and shine and get moving!  It was shortly after 5 when we were pulling out.  All babies were awake and asking for a movie.  No one was hungry yet and we were all anxious to get started!

7:30 Gas and potty stop!  Wouldn’t you know the one we find in the middle of no where is under remodel and we have the privilege of using their Porta-Potties!  Lol  We decided to drive down through “Lousy”-ana so we would be along the coast for the rest of the trip.  I think we may go back a different way just bc.

8:30 Breakfast!  Woohoo, found a Cracker Barrel!  Love that place!  Kirsten wanted floppy bacon but it came out too floppy!  lol  so she didn’t want it but Keegan decided he wanted it but he likes crispy bacon!  We sent it back and it came back to us crispy alright!  lol  He didn’t want the “black” parts so I ate them!  Mmmm.  J

9:30 back on the road again.  Babies are listening to Charlotte’s Web book on CD and the three olders are working on math.  I take this time to go through pics from my camera so it will be empty for vacay photos!  Had a few pit stops a long the way, just traveling on.  Crocheted some on Honey’s blanket I’m making for him.

1:30 Lunch!  Babies are hungry.  Charlotte’s web ended and movies began.  Chris and I want Arby’s and the other kiddos want McDonald’s.  Since we are pulling the RV, no drive-throughs.  Honey waited in Silver while I ran in and got food in both places.  The littles were super excited to get Mario toys with their happy meals and Kayson carried his Yoshi around for two days!  Lol

2:30 finally said goodbye to “Lousy”-ana!  Also began to hit some traffic.  Started seeing some interesting clouds, checked radar, looked like we were going to drive straight into a storm!  Passed an accident, looked like a rear ending with one car spun all the way around.  More traffic, lots of rain and some thunder.

4:30 Hello Alabama!  We had stopped at a Love’s before leaving Mississippi and the babies were excited about it and talking about stopping at another one on another trip with Papaw!  J  Then we found more traffic!  But I was able to get a good pic of a cool car as we passed it slowly.  Then we got to Mobile.  Wow, they have some really interesting buildings!  Even the jail was neat.  However, that tunnel was NOT neat at all!!!!  I almost cried, the kids loved it!  I don’t think of myself as claustrophobic but I do not handle tunnels or caves or parking garages well!

6:30 FLORIDA!!!  We had made it to Florida!  We stopped at the visitors center but they had already closed.  L  We did get a pic with a neat Dolphin statue.  The two littlest had got small naps.  We were starting to get hungry and we were tired but we were trying to make it to the campsite while we still had some daylight so Honey could get the RV set up.  We saw 10 deer as we were driving.  They are such pretty creatures.

7:30 Arrive at campsite!  Whew!  Glenn gets the RV set up, I read the park rules and make a trip to the bathroom with babies.

8:30 Dinner!  Honey went to get Little Ceasers.  After dinner was bedtime!  We were so glad to be here but we were exhausted!  I think a 9 hr drive in one day is too much.  Ahhhh…..sleep!  J

Will You Laugh?

So as I sit here unable to sleep and keep thinking, I need to blog, I really should blog, its been such a long time since I blogged, so here I am, blogging! lol Now, what to say, what to say, what to say? I'm sure there must be something that needs to be said since I can't get "type a blog" out of my head. There are things I would love to say but I know now is not the time. I really wonder what people would like to read about? Do I really have anything to say that would touch someone? Do I really have anything to say that someone would actually find entertaining? Oh, and then there is that line up above with two little words "post title"! That has to be two of the most intimidating words in a blogger's life, or at least this blogger's life! Title? title? You mean I am supposed to some up whatever comes out of my fingers in a few words? really? Ummm....Maybe I should just start naming them blog 1, blog 2, blog 4,561 (yea, right!) lol! See, I try to be funny, was that even funny at all? or just incredibly lame? Maybe 1 in the morning really isn't the best time for this, but it's QUIET in my house! It is actually, truly, incredibly QUIET! No one is screaming MAMA or MORE or HE DID IT! I'm not harping on anyone to clean this or learn that or GET DOWN! Seriously, I can actually hear myself think and the clicks of the keys as I type! The TV is OFF! No Mario, or Sheep Snacks, or Chuck the Truck, or those stupid turtles! Ugh, I can't stand the turtles (you know, those ninja ones!) I just don't get it, oh, but the boys do! They love them! Now, minions? I LOVE the minions! My children assure me, though, that I cannot EAT the minions since I seem to think they look like those marshmallow Peeps! :D So, Here's to seeing if I can feel more inspired in the future. I find I have more to say than I think I do if I will actually just sit down and start typing. Anything in particular my adoring (ha) blog fans (bc I have sooooo many) would like to know? If you laughed at least once then I think maybe this post has done it job. I think I'll title it, will you laugh? Ta-ta for now, sleep tight, don't let the babies bite! :)