Alabama Gulf Coast

Catching up again...
The first week of June we went on a lovely trip with the whole family, including Oma, Opa, YaYa, Uncle Richard, Aunt Dana and Mia to the beach near Gulf Shores Alabama.  The weather was a little windy, especially the first day, but was overall very good and we had a great time.


Henry spent lots of time being sweet in his bouncy chair.

Building sand castles with Daddy.

Cousins hanging out with their favorite YaYa.

Mia is practicing to be a big sister (in less than a month!).  She was very sweet with Henry.

Climbing up sand mountain.

Henry loved spending a lot of time with his Oma.

Opa's favorite thing was having his picture taken a lot of times :).

Trying out my telephoto lens from the porch.  Dana and YaYa put on a great effort to get Owen looking in the right direction and waving.

Three cousins on the mountain.

Loving beach time with Daddy

Owen making sweet faces at dinner.

Glow sticks!!  Aunt Dana was mobbed by the demanding children.  Even Lamby got a necklace.

Henry got to spend a little time on the beach as well when it was not so windy.  We stayed safely covered under the umbrella.

Family picture!

The Fergusons

Oma came down to play in the sand, too.

Mia loved putting sand on Wes' toes.  She thought it was hilarious.  Such a cutie pie.

Cousins on the kindle

Tired after a day outside.

Opa wants everyone to know he was not trying to make a statement with his blanket...we just had the air down too cold.

A lovely walk on the beach before dinner

Looking for crabs on the beach before bed.  There were lots of the little buggers.

Relaxing on the beach with my sweet little boys.  You can see Opa on the porch of our fun round beach house in the background.

YaYa thought sitting down for awhile sounded good, too.

Rachel could play at the beach all day!

Feeding some seagulls on the porch.  They could catch the bread Rachel threw in mid-air.

An effort at a family picture just before YaYa had to leave.