Florida - Thursday already? How can that be?!

Thursday was our favorite day so far.  Check it out and you'll see why.  The day started out dark and rainy with big thunderclouds rolling in and huge waves crashing into the shore.  We thought this was the perfect morning to head over to Seaside to make our annual ornaments.  Miss Betty went with me, Gigi and the three kids.  She was so much help!  J's ornament won, hands down!

 

First, the kids chose their ornaments to paint.  J and L both chose the same shape as last year.



After painting hers pink, we painted her hand purple and made a fish out of her handprint.  Very cool!

His turned out great!  Check out those thumbprint crabs and fish!

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After painting for about and hour and a half, we hustled back to Santa Rosa Beach to join the rest of our group.  The rain had gone away and the sun was here to stay. 



Maria and Andrew were brave enough to take on the ocean waves in this tiny kayak.  They did good for a little bit and then got smashed by a big wave.  Big props for trying it out, though!



Definitely our most fun beach day so far.  These five guys brought their A game!  Plenty of beer and good times.

My cowboy and our posse.

So cute in their bright suits!

I love how the girls just enjoy their aunts and uncles so much. 

Life's just better at the beach.

Even though it wasn't sunny, we donned our beach hats for a little while.

J man played all afternoon with his two new buddies.  By the end of the day he was covered in sand from head to toe.  The epitome of the Sand Man.

This should be on a postcard for Florida.  Relaxation at it's finest.

Later that afternoon, Adam and Boom played wiffle ball with the kids.  They all took turns hitting into the ocean.  Combining two of his faves, Jackson was in heaven.

Of course, there were more sand castles that needed to be built, too.

After getting all cleaned up, it was time for some family beach pictures.  I think we cleaned up pretty well:)

Me and my beautiful mama.

Gigi and Boom with their three little munchkins.

Good times on his shoulders.

Love it.

Aunts and Uncles with all the kids.

The B204 Crew.

My FAVORITE one of them all!

I'm sure one day these young 'uns will have some rugrats of their own to bring to Florida.

But until then, Lila Lou will soak up as much attention from them as she can get!

We ended the night by going to the Louisiana Lagniappe for dinner.  My mom and Miss Betty were so amazing and offered to watch all 7 kids for us!  Yes, 7 kids.  And we were really grateful.  It was our best Florida meal to date and we had so many good laughs with everyone.  No one asked me to take them to the potty during dinner, I didn't have to get on to anyone for running around or getting under the table and I didn't have to tell anyone to use their inside voice, either.  It was pure greatnesss.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mom, Dad, Betty and Ronnie!