Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Spring Break in Gulf Shores, Alabama


Ahhh - I want to go back...

I am to thankful to Melanie and Leslie for planning and making this Spring Break trip to the beach happen.  They found a great deal on a vacation home rental in Gulf Shores a couple of blocks from the beach.  The Tuckers loaned us their Highlander - not sure why as their family (5 adults) had to squeeze into their mid-sized car.  The drive there wasn't too bad - a mere 12 or 13 hour drive.  But on the way home we got stuck in a traffic jam for a couple of hours and some wintery mix weather off and on.  It was a LONG drive home!

The home was very nice - across the street was a tennis court and pool, 


view from the house

some contemplation time at the house

...but we spent most of our time at the beach.  
It was heavenly!!!
 
all kids besides Taysom and Lindsay


walking to the beach

almost there



Henry

Ilah
Sam and Tucker

Beach hair



enjoying the water


Tucker, Lydia, Ilah, and Megan

Tasha, Tucker, Henry, Ilah, and Lydia


Dan Belnap

Ultimate Frisbee

Taysom

my sweetheart
the ending of an era... the turning of a page



 Come back Spring Break... 

Special thanks to Sam for the excellent pictures!

3 comments:

Megs said...

This looks heavenly! I'm so glad you got to take one more big family vacation before, you know!

Rachel said...

That last pic of all your kids together is so tender. Definitely the end of an era, and lots of wonderful new adventures to look forward to. I can't wait to make more memories like this with our family, just like you guys have been doing so successfully.

Grandma and Grandpa Crosby said...

You'll remember this vacation for the rest of your lives! My favorite pic was the one of you and Mike holding hands!