Spring Break '09 - Day 3, 4, & 5

Days 3 (Mon.) & 4 (Tues.) were spent on the beach, and these were such great, beautiful days!! On Monday morning we finally were able to meet up with the rest of our travel party, the O'Connors & the Bernskoetters (they took a different way down then us) and we all were able to sit on the beach and enjoy the sun, sand, water.

My Girls...

Day 5 (Wed) when we woke up the weather wasn't the greatest but at least we could be outside. So we took advantage of the fact that it wasn't raining and headed off to Seaside to shop and eat lunch. What was also special about this day was the fact that it was Bella's (4th), Katie's (15) and Ryan's (13) birthdays. After a day of fun & shopping we had a little birthday party in our cabin for the three of them.

The Girls...

Day 6 (Thurs.) was filled with rain and games

The Boys

Day 7 (Fri) was still raining so the other three families decided to head on outta there. We stayed and had a nice family day shopping and enjoying each others company. We even managed to squeeze in one final walk on the beach even though it was chilly and a bit misty.

Best Friends

Day 8 (Sat) @ 6:00 AM we finished loading up the car and headed out....once on the road the heavens opened and the water poured out but by the time we hit Mobile it was beautiful weather all the way until St. Louis. (the radio said that the area we were in had about 10-15 inches so far with more to come...Yikes!)

Our Treasures...

Even with the rain was a great trip!!!

Spring Break '09 - Day 2

Before heading on to Grayton we made a pit stop at the USS Alabama to fulfill an item on

Tony's Bucket List. If you want "guy" details of the ship you can head over to the Spicci Blog where Tony laid it out for you. This would not have been my idea of something I HAVE to do but glad that we did it...it was very interesting, and a nice addition to the trip.

Don in front of the Athletic Equipment Room...

After touring the ship we went through the fighter plane hanger and then all but Aimee and toured the submarine...she & I both are claustrophobic so touring this was a big no way for both of us.

After all tours were over we headed over to Pensacola to check out their beach (we like to do this every year) and then it was on to Grayton.

Sophie, Bail, Nico, & Liv on the beach in Pensacola (Bella was sleeping in the car with Don)...

Spring Break '09

This year we headed to Grayton Beach State Park in FL for the 2nd year in a row for Spring Break. Us along with our friends the Spiccis, headed out on Saturday, March 21st at 6:30AM for the long trek to Mobile, AL....our 1st stop. My friend Adriene's mom was gracious enough to let us stay at her house while she was up here, in MO, visiting Adriene's family. It was about a 12 hour trip which seemed even longer with a preschooler asking every half hour, "when are we going on the trip?", and her mommy saying, "honey THIS IS the trip, but we will be at KK's house tonight". She never really quite got that concept but instead tired out of asking about 6 hours or so into it. The change from family cars to "boy car" & "girl car" helped the trip to go even faster of which I drove for the last 4 hours. 

Photos of the "girl car" (being that Aimee and I are the only ones that document stuff like this we have no pictures of the "boy car"): 

Soph, Bail, Liv & Bella...

Aimee & I 

(yes I'm driving at the time of the photo...don't try this it's not safe)...