Family: Vacation, etc.

It has been a while since our last post and much has happened since. Spring Break and a surprise party for Mommy just to name a few. These pictures are all from vacation. We went to Destin. Trystan and Kyle were excited on the way down there. It only took a little over 9 hours to get there and the weather was decent. It rained a few days but we made the best of it.

Emma was just born to lay on the beach, just like Mommy. Here we are napping together on the beach the first day that we were there, Saturday. We left our house around 4:30 Friday after school and were in the condo by 1:45 Saturday morning so we were a little tired on Saturday. Luckily we went with Tracy and her boys and they had already checked into the condo and had the crib set up for us so we did go straight to sleep.

Saturday evening we went to the Track and raced Go Karts. It was fun. Ethan is always up for racing cars.

Hey Ethan and Daddy.

Emma and Daddy at the Track.

Ethan and Mommy riding the carousel at the Track.

Ethan and Benjamin building a sand castle.

Ethan taking a moment to pose for the camera.

Mommy and Tracy laying in the sun and hiding from the wind. Yes, we are aware that our bathing suits are very similar.

Emma the little beach baby.

Mommy took alot of pictures of Emma in her bathing suit (and coverup) couldn't help it, she looked so cute.

Beach Baby take 2.

Daddy and the kids on the beach.

Little Diva.

Ethan and Benjamin taking a break in the shade. All that sand castle building can wear you out.

Trystan and Kyle in the ocean. The water was a little chilly but that didn't stop the boys.

The boys enjoying the water again.

And this is what an expensive grocery bill looks like. (AKA 6 teenage boys in one condo!)

Ethan being buried in the sand. This didn't last long.

Mommy, Ethan and Emma in the pool. They had 2 pools, one heated and one not. We never got in the not heated one. The big boys did though.

And of course Emma had her own personal pool beside the big pool. She really liked it a lot.

Can't resist!

Trystan and Ethan in the pool.

Ethan flying a kite on the beach.

Joey and Trystan flying a kite also.

Trystan and his kite.

Mommy and Emma flying a kite.

Joey took Trystan and Kyle deep sea fishing one day. They seemed to have a really good time.

Throwing out the lines.

Trystan with his big catch.

Kyle showing off his.

All of the people that went on the boat with their fish. By the way, they brought dinner home for everyone. Mommy even ate some of the fish (grouper I think) that they caught.

The next day Mommy and Ethan went to the Gulfarium because it was a little rainy. Ethan really had a good time.

Ethan petting a sting ray.

The dolphins jumping at the dolphin show.

We got to get up close and personal with the dolphins. They were so close to us that one of them blew air out of their "blow hole" and Ethan was a little startled because it was right in his face.

The dolphins playing basket ball.

Ethan was so tired that he fell asleep at the table when we went out to eat that night. Looking at all those cool animals can really wear you out.

Daddy checking his eyelids for pinholes as well.

All the big boys got their own table, I still can't believe how much they can eat!

Ethan at the playground at the little mall that we went to to get ice cream.

After ice cream, the boys decided it would be fun to try to dodge the water that was shooting out and the little boys decided to join in but they didn't even really try to miss the water. Result: a lot of wet kiddos.