We left our early on the morning of June 27th. 4AM early. Here is a photo diary of our trip . . .
Welcome to Louisiana! Time to wake up the kids and change out of pajamas!
We borrowed DVD players from friends and it made the trip much more enjoyable. Miss Grace watched FROZEN several times.
Welcome to Mississippi!
We hiked up a hill to look out over the mighty Mississippi River! Cowpoke wanted to be like Huck Finn and try to raft it!
Even Gator enjoyed the hour or so we spent exploring at the state line. They even had a dog walking trail which was super nice.
Time for an afternoon nap.
Welcome to Florida Visitors Station provided free samples of fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juice
Look! It's a Blue Angels plane! They are based out of Pensacola Naval Air Station. Our cousin is at the Naval Academy so we took lots of pictures for her!
Even Gator was glad to be in Florida! Not much longer until our destination!
When I lived in Gulf Breeze, FL, I loved to get fresh seafood straight off the boats at Joe Patti's. I love to take my family there! We got awesome fresh Amberjack, Blue Crabs and Shrimp. The kids were so excited and the sales girl let them look, touch and ask a zillion questions!
When we got back on I-10 Cowpoke spotted this boat! We died laughing and had to get a picture for our Gator. Sorry about the reflection.
We went out to walk the beach our first night and of course had to play in the surf
Exhausted after a very full day!
The first few days she was very leary and kept right by an adult and away from the surf almost the entire time
But she slowly got braver and closer to the water thanks to a lot of coaxing and encouragement from Uncle Matt and Aunt Ali
She LOVED the pool at "the fun house" as she called it. We had a fantastic 4/5 beach rental with a private pool just a short 5 minute walk to the beach. It was amazing! We have stayed at beach rentals before but nothing like this house. It was fantastic! If you want more info message me. It was worth every penny!
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We spent Tuesday on a girls shopping day in Seaside. It was to crowded for Miss Grace and she did not like all the people but she used her words to tell us and she didn't have a meltdown.
We even found a snowcone stand. It didn't have a safe FROZEN (blue coconut & wedding cake) snowcone like Ozzy's, but we settled on a clear coconut and it sufficed for a cold treat on a hot day.
She finally put her feet it on day 4!
Gator was keeping a watchful eye over his girl!
She even ASKED Aunt Ali to help her boogie board at the very edge of the surf
And I got conned into this mermaid doll by a local shop keeper. This doll floated out to see within about 18 hours of us owning her . . . . oh the memories!
Loving the beach!
Dancing with her Daddy before our family photo shoot
Gator enjoyed relaxing poolside as his girl swam
Evening walks on the beach were a hit with Gator
During the day he stayed under the canopy and kept his eye on Miss Grace
When she needed some snuggles she would come get them
Grace enjoyed making "strawberry sand cakes" and "sand tcookies"
Thankfully the local Publix Grocery Store had Sunbutter and Tapioca Bread! We ran out! We even got Chocolate Sunbutter bars but doesn't like them.
Playing with Pop Its on July 4th!
Ready for fireworks on the beach!
The fireworks were gorgeous! Grace and I agreed our favorite were all the Chinese Lanterns like they had in the movie Tangled. They were gorgeous and you could see them for a long, long time after they were released. We must get some before we go next year!
All in all it was a FANTASTIC trip that we all very much needed. We enjoyed our break from swimteam, work and all our therapies and doctors appointments. While we did still see some issues with Miss Grace, she adapted much better than expected and all the adults in our group commented on how well she did. We are blessed! Now it is back to the grind . . . .
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