Orange Beach: Wednesday/ Thursday

On our last full day at the beach, I wanted to take some beach pictures on our way out to dinner. Brad quickly got a few shots of the three of us, and then I got really hot, and felt like a dork, and almost puked in the sand dunes. I think we got one family shot, and I went in and sat in the lobby.

We then went to Lulu's to eat dinner. It was my favorite dinner spot on the trip. I treated myself to a virgin Pina Colada, and watched Jackson play in the huge sandpit they had at the restaurant. I had a Fried Green Tomato sandwich, and it was so yummy!

Thursday, we headed back to reality. We had an awesome, relaxing trip. I am super excited that Blake is still on vacation for several more weeks! Teaching does have its perks!

Orange Beach: Tuesday

Most of the people you see in the above picture have on yellow gloves and orange vests....I think they are early morning oil patrol.Jackson helping daddy out with the sunscreen. This family has to thoroughly cover in SPF 50 before leaving the indoors, all summer.

Morning Schedule: Ocean and Playing in the sand. Jackson and Brad buried Blake in the sand. The oil was worse than the day before, and got on Jackson and Blake again, so we cleaned off, and headed to the pool. Blake had to change Jackson's clothes, due to the oil. We swam and stayed in the lazy river until lunch and naptime.

Afternoon: Lunches and LONG nap. Ahhh....

Evening: Blake and I cooked spaghetti and garlic bread. We then headed out to Dippin' Dots and got dessert. Jackson was a little resistant at first to the new type of ice cream, but then realized it was pretty good stuff. He then enjoyed lots of attention from Aunt Lydia, including a flamingo race through the condo.

Orange Beach: Monday

Monday's Itinerary:

AM: Beach, Pool, Lazy River

Lunch

Nap for Jackson and Mommy; TV/Movie time for Daddy

Dinner: Lambert's- This restaurant was a country cookin' kind of place with a twist. A waiter walked around and if you wanted bread, you simply raised your hand, and a roll was thrown to you. The waiters and waitresses also walked around with different stock pots of fried potatoes, black eyed peas, okra, and some other side items I can't remember, and if you wanted some on your plate, you raised your hand, and they filled up your plate. It was entertaining, and delicious!

After Dinner: We drove to a pier and watched the sunset. God's handiwork is, oh, so, beautiful!

Orange Beach-Saturday/Sunday

Saturday morning, we left our house and headed to Orange Beach with Donnie, Darla, Brad, and Lydia. On the way down, we stopped at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, and went through the Wendy's drive thru for a healthy (insert sarcasm) lunch. After numerous stops for potty breaks (often per my request), we made it to the beach. Our condo was awesome, as well as swimming pools for us to relax and have fun in! After checking everything out at the condo, we headed out to dinner at The Hangout. It was a great place, especially to take our overly tired, traveling two year old. It was loud and very informal. The food was also great. We then headed to Publix to by some things we needed for the week.

Sunday, we got up, ate breakfast, and headed to the beach. Jackson loves the sand, and doesn't love playing in the ocean, so we spent lots of time making sand castles, and looking for sea shells. Sadly, there were some tarballs (which I had never even heard of until a few weeks ago), and oil that washed up on the beach. Not alot, but still very, very sad. Jackson and Blake got a few on them, just from playing in the sand, and had to go to a special washing station, where some people rinsed them with a solution of with Dawn and MoJo. There were people working the whole time we were there to attempt to keep the beach clean.

After the beach, we headed to the pool. Ahhh...The lazy river. I want one! We literally spent hours floating around, just relaxing. Jackson and I were both tired from all of the water fun, so we went back to the room and took a nice, long nap. Our room didn't have a window, so it was dark, and made for optimal napping. If you know me, you know I LOVE naps! Brad and Lydia cooked dinner, BBQ chicken sandwiches. Next, we went to a souvenir shop, and enjoyed embarrassing my father in law, Donnie Freeman :)....It is so fun to do that.

Other memorable moments: Sweet Jackson launched his sippy cup from the balcony of the 14th floor. Luckily, it hit a flower bed and no one was injured below. And the sippy cup was salvaged by Uncle (Opem) Brad, and the cup was not damaged.

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