Long time, no blog! Well, our week at the beach has come and gone and I am sad to say we are back to the hustle and bustle, of well, life. It was a very much needed break though, and as you will see from the pictures below, we relaxed and chilled to the max! We read, slept, ate, swam, laughed, tubed, fished, cooked, played {games}, etc.
This family beach trip was different from any other beach trip we've been on before. We had a new member to add to the bunch, and his name is....{I bet you can't guess!}
Little Sam!
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| Isn't he precious!? |
I love this little baby! Without him, this years family beach trip, would not have been complete!
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| Uncle Bubba, Aunt Bugsy, and Aunt Nana |
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Uncle Cuz Will |
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| Sweet Daddy and Mommy |
Along with Sam, we also had another fun addition to our beach trip this year....Stephanie! Stephanie is our brother's girlfriend, and we had so much fun getting to spend time with her this past week.
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| Ben and Steph | | | | |
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| The gang |
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| Very silly together. Hey, y'all, "I got no strings to hold me down!" |
Speaking of Stephanie, I know I mentioned to you in the last post about us girls going to watch her in the Miss Mississippi Talent Prelims before we went to the beach. Well, let me just tell you, she not only WON Talent Prelims, but she also got 4th alternate in the Miss Mississippi pageant. We were so
proud of her!
One of the highlights of our trip was not only celebrating the 4th of July, but also celebrating Dad's birthday on the 3rd.
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| Happy Birthday, Daddy! |
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| Cute Parents |
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| Where's Hannah? |
We always tell my dad his birthday is extra special because he gets fireworks every year on his birthday :)
One of my favorite things my dad brings with him on our beach trips is his
baby boat.
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| Cruising the bay |
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| Tubing on the bay |
One afternoon our brother Ben took Hannah, Will, and I out on the boat to tube. I haven't tubed in a couple of summers at least, and boy did I feel it the next day
and the day after that and day after that. I'm pretty sure I used muscles that day that I didn't even know I had, but it was worth all the soreness in the world--we had so much fun!
While my dad would take the guys out fishing some mornings, we girls {and Sam} would hit up the pool or the beach!
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| Momma Kat and me |
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| Amy and Baby Sam |
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| Hannah and Steph |
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| Mom and I again |
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| happy place :) |
I wish I would have taken pictures of all the delicious meals we had on the trip, but even pictures wouldn't do justice to how yummy everything was. From kabobs to our shrimp boil, we ate well! We often tease my older sister Amy about how organized and planned she is, but truth is, if it was left up to my little sister, brother, and me, I don't know if things would get done. So here is a picture of me with two of the most organized and efficient women I know!
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| Thanks you two for everything you did to make our trip so wonderful! |
Well, folks, that pretty much sums up our week long trip in a nutshell! We did go to the Track one night and ride go-carts and got ice-cream, but sadly I didn't document pictures of that. I do have a "you had to be there kind-of stories" to tell or else you may not think it's that funny. But, picture with me Amy and Ben riding go-cart doubles. A little kid t-bones their cart {at full speed}, they cause a traffic jam at the front of the race with every cart on the track hitting bumpers left and right{I'm pretty sure some people experienced whiplash!}. It was a pretty funny sight!
I also need to tell you about my new loves I discovered while on the trip: banana grams, Mexican train, coke zero, coca almonds, and pretzels and hummus!
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| I've always been an avid diet coke fan, but I might just say that coke zero is even better than diet coke. |
Did I just say
that? How many of you think coke zero is better than diet coke?
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