Spring Break 2009: Seagrove Beach (Day 7 of 8)

Me and Adam playing one of his made-up games

Me and my mom

Derek skimboarding in the waterway nearby that runs between the ocean and a saltwater lake

Kelley and Jason watch Derek and Laine skimboard

Big seafood dinner - yummy!

Our traditional photo shoot on the last night of the beach trip:

The boys with their Nini

My brother Jason and his wife Laine

My sister Katie, brother Jason, Me, and sister Kelley

With Mom

The whole crew

Friday April 10, 2009

Spring Break 2009: Seagrove Beach (Day 6 of 8)

A passerby snapped this photo for us while we were out on a bike ride

State park nearby

We happened upon this free carnival that Alys Beach puts on each week

In Florida a hill is a novelty

Jason and Derek skim board while Adam tries his luck with the boogie board

Nice picture of Derek and the beautiful surf

Helen packing up at sunset

Thursday April 9, 2009

Spring Break 2009: Seagrove Beach (Day 5 of 8)

Adam ropes Aunt Katie into a game of Connect Four

Some work and some play: Derek takes a CRCT practice test before heading to the beach

Me pulling Adam through the surf on the wakeboard

Adam still likes to curl up on Mommy's lap

Enjoying some snacks while bundling up against the wind

More wind protection. Helen visits the "spa" Adam set up inside the umbrellas where you could get food, drink, and massages

All cleaned up and enjoying a drink from our house bartender - my brother Jason

Helen made this yummy peanut butter cake with Reese's topping for the boys birthday

Wednesday April 8, 2009

Spring Break 2009: Seagrove Beach (Day 4 of 8)

Morning cartoons

In the evening Derek helped uncle Jason with the grilling

We always celebrate the boy's birthdays with my family at the beach...birthday hamburgers yum!

Birthday presents

Aunt Kelley plays pirates with Adam

In the afternoon we rode bikes to Seaside

Helen holds Derek in front of the house in Seaside where we stayed during our first beach trip in 2000

Here are some pictures from that trip in April of 2000 when Derek had just turned 1:

My sisters, Katie and Kelley, came along with us that year

Tuesday April 7, 2009

Spring Break 2009: Seagrove Beach (Day 3 of 8)

Adam and uncle Jason hit the candy bowl

Breakfast Scrabble

Sister, Kelley, and Derek

Mom

Walked into town for some pizza and stopped along the way to look at the beach



Sister-in-law, Laine, and her new skimboard

Adam gettin his board on

Derek tries to persuade Adam to cooperate for a photo

Monday April 6, 2009

I'm finally getting around to finishing the beach trip blogging that I started a while back: Day 1 and Day 2.