What did you say?!

Morgan's vocabulary has exploded in the last month. "Momma" all of the sudden turned to "Mommy" and "Daddy" and oh how I wish my name was not Mommy! And she repeats everything; trying to say the entire sentence sometimes and it sounds so funny. Love this growing girl.

Swimmer

Brooklyn has really got swimming down now and we are excited about her newly found confidence.

Beach Vacation 2015, Day 4

Aaron and I decided the night before that we would make Friday our last day and leave that evening since nonstop rain was coming to Gulfport and the drive would be much more quiet with the girls sleeping. We hit up the beach again in the morning, of course, and after discovering a few hermit crabs the day before, the girls were on the hunt to find them most of the morning.

Sweet, sweet sisters

Lunch and packing at the house, followed by naps for everyone again! Then, all of us dressed up for a fancy early dinner at The Oyster House after stopping by a souvenir shop beforehand to pick out a few things to remember our trip. We started with a crab and lobster dip that was outstanding. Brooklyn ordered popcorn shrimp with roasted asparagus, Cayleigh had popcorn shrimp with a side salad, Aaron had a cajun shrimp poboy and I had the seafood potpie. It was all delicious and had great service.

Pretty girls ready for dinner

Brooklyn's beach drawing at The Oyster House

We went back to the beach for the evening, but our trip was cut short due to the storms rolling in. We showered, changed and loaded up the car to head back home.

It was an amazing blessing to be able to vacation at the beach as a family. It was so nice to be unplugged from everything and really spend some quality time together. On a few occasions, exhaustion got the better of our positive attitudes, but that doesn't differ from any normal day. This vacation was awesome and the girls had a great time! We are looking forward to more beach (and other) vacations in the future.

Beach Vacation 2015, Day 3

Thursday morning meant more sunscreen and more morning beach time! They spent more time exploring different areas of the waters and playing in the sand.

Daddy and his girls

Little Ducklings

Brooklyn and Daddy made a Leatherback Sea Turtle in the sand

After a few hours, we went back to the house, ate lunch and everyone napped! Once up and running, we decided to go to play miniature golf. This was a complete disaster! It ended up being miserably hot at this particular place and since the big girls had never played before, they lost interest very quickly. We skipped around through the course to finish as fast as possible and then drove over to Shaggy's restaurant in Biloxi Beach for some midday appetizers.

View from Shaggy's

View from our table at Shaggy's

After cooling off a bit and getting something in our bellies, we drove just a bit farther to Ocean Springs to see that area. The particular street we parked had some really beautiful houses.

Peach or pink, wouldn't matter to me, I'll take it!

We left and stopped along Beach Blvd for some photo opportunities. We also discovered a portion of the beach blocked off for bird nesting.

The Hein Family

We changed and went back to the beach for the evening! It was a long day, but absolutely gorgeous weather after such a hot afternoon. We had a late dinner at the house after enjoying the amazing sunset on the beach.