Toes in the water, toes in the sand :)

We took a quick trip down to Gulf Shores, AL with my mom and the entire family. It was definitely fast but exciting to watch Jake’s reaction to the beach, sand, ocean. Oh wow… he loved it so much. It made me so happy that he had a blast. Next time we will be staying longer! We stayed at a super nice 4 bedroom condo at The Beach Club. They had a lot of different pools, a playground, and other neat stuff set up that you could do. We got up early Friday morning around 2:30 am (so we could at least get a few hours of sleep) and then headed out. Jake slept for most of the morning… so that was nice. We arrived Friday evening and played at the beach and went out to eat. Saturday we hung out at the beach, pool, and the condo. Mom cooked a dinner that night. It was awesome! Sunday beach and pool time again… dinner that night at the Shrimp Basket… this place was DELISH! I seriously couldn’t stop eating… and Jake even tore up some shrimp! Josh ordered red snapper fish… it was excellent too. Very rushed but very fun trip! The drive wasn’t bad either. I couldn’t remember the drive from the time we went before… because it’s been ohhhhh 11 years since I have been! Haha!  I can’t wait to go back when Jake is older though!

So back to work this week… boo! Josh and I are fixing to really start re-doing a lot of things to the house. We’ve been planning for a while but now fixing to actually start. I’m excited. I also have Heather and Cole’s housewarming party coming up… and Jake’s 2^nd birthday! I have a lot of ideas… just need to start working on them! Gonna be a busy next couple of months.

Jake is winning so far in the KISR contest (I think)… there is another picture that has as many as him though… we are ahead as of today by maybe 10ish votes?! Stress me out! lol! So if you haven’t voted – please go LIKE Jake’s pic to vote. Also tell other people to vote! We need lots! We appreciate you all who have voted thus far! I know it’s annoying to see in your newsfeed all the time (you may want to unsubscribe me for the month of July haha), so it means a lot that you have taken a second of your day to help us out! Thanks again!

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

~Lindsey

This is a funny story (not at the time.. I was pretty ticked) .. anywho... Josh took a wrong turn and we ended up on the OTHER side of where we were supposed to be :) Well actually the Garmin told us to go this way... I think it ended up being quicker... but as you can see here - we ended up having to take a FERRY! haha! The only reason it was faster is b/c we got LUCKY and the ferry was boarding right when we pulled up! If not, we would have had to wait anywhere from 1-3 hours :) It was neat.. and Jake liked it a lot. So my madness went away pretty quick.

Jake smiling and talking to an elderly man in the car next to us. So sweet. 

Pool time :) 

Most importantly - snack time haha

Relaxin ... 

My very best friend in the world!

Lookin for sea shells for Jake while he was napping

Playing at the playground

Early morning walk.... mom and Russ looking for sea shells. A storm blew in and look how much seaweed there was! 

Jake found a hole to jump in... he did NOT like the seaweed haha

LOVE LOVE this picture... Jake's little footprints in the sand :)

I tried to make him stay under this umbrella (which wouldn't stay up from the wind).. he wasn't having it. 

Sweet boy!

Kiddie pool! He cried when I made him leave here.... 

Good lookin man!

This was his first time walking into the ocean... so sweet.. he was smiling so big!

This was early in the morning.. everyone was still asleep... I was drinking coffee and letting Jake play! Wish I had a whole WEEK to do that again!

Jake was mad about these pictures. LOL! He was actually pushing my head right here saying "Nooo... go'on Momma" 

Car ride home... he was touching Payton and laughing.. she was so cramped in the back haha!

HOME! Unloaded all of our snacks and Jake crawled up on the counter and was eating crackers... he is such a goof ball! love that kid!