Beach trip

We spent last week at the beach. We had some rough spots with the condo we stayed in and a place we ate. The weather was overcast for most of the trip, but it was nice to be away and have some family time.

On Monday, when we got there we went out to the beach for a little bit to let the boys play in the sand. This was Andrew's first trip to the beach and I wasn't sure how he'd react to the sand. He loved the sand! And Austin couldn't stand it; he just had to get in the water even if he didn't have his swimsuit on!

We went out to the beach on Tuesday morning and that afternoon we went to Souvenir City, our first of three trips. We would go there as kids and have our picture taken in front of the big shark. We do the same thing with the kids. At first I thought we were nuts for doing that, but then I saw other people taking pictures too.

On Wednesday, we went to the beach and the pool in the morning. Then, the clouds rolled in so we went to the outlets. We had lunch at Lambert's. Austin thought it was so funny how they throw rolls at you and play little jokes on the customers.

That afternoon we went to play putt putt golf at Adventure Island. Austin loved playing! Of course, he thought the more points you scored the better. We played two rounds, through the volcano. Gene and Austin rode in the go-carts and then we all played in the arcade. We won all kinds of tickets and other people kept giving us theirs so Austin had quite a few to buy prizes. He picked out Tootsie Rolls, Air Heads, Smarties, and Sweet Tarts.

On Thursday and Friday, we went to the beach and the pool in the morning. On Friday, we played putt putt again. But this time we played at Pirate Island. We played twice. Austin got a hole in one this time!

On Saturday, it was overcast and a little rainy in the morning so we went out to Fort Morgan to kill some time. Austin thought the cannons were really neat and he liked being able to walk through the tunnel. We also saw the rigs in the bay which were pretty cool too.

When we got back to the condo, we started eating lunch and the fire alarm went off so we had to evacuate the building. Luckily, it was a false alarm. Of course, Austin liked it because he got to see the fire trucks up close.

Sunday, we spent most of the day at the beach and pool because it was our last day and actually decent weather. Andrew crawled through the sand down to the water's edge and let the waves come over his legs and feet. He splashed in the wet sand; he had sand all in his hair, on his face, and in his shorts. Austin, of course, built a volcano.