At the Arcade

We took the kids to the arcade area one day because we had "no beach" orders due to some early afternoon games. Elaina was finally old enough to do some stuff.

 Bobby totally created a monster with all the ticket games. She squealed and laughed and had the best time seeing all of those tickets spill out. 

She then gathered up like 8,462 tickets and turned them in for a dumdum and a plastic frog. Awesome.

I hope this isn't the beginning of her gambling addiction:/

Beach Pics:)

 Days on the beach are the best. I love looking back at our beach vacay pictures and seeing how the kids have grown. I was pretty bad at documenting this beach trip because our beach time was so sporadic with the baseball but here are a few to document the occasion!

Destin Game Days

We spent lots of hot days at the baseball parks in and around Destin. Elaina was content as long as there was a concession stand and as long as I kept saying "yes". I did give in to an early morning sno cone run so I could watch the game in peace:)

Cade played a solid third base throughout 9 games and the Mavs came through with 9 straight wins! 

The team got a huge trophy!

And, the boys all got super bowl sized rings. Look at that tough face:) 

It was the perfect ending to a great season. I honestly had no idea how being on this team would turn out but it has been a fantastic learning and growing experience for Cade in his baseball career. We were blessed to get to hang with a great group of boys and parents and that made the season so much easier to adjust to our new team. I wouldn't trade the season for anything and I'm pretty sure Cade would agree! 

Beach Baseball

This year's family vacation was a lot different than our usual. We ended up in Destin with Cade's baseball team, MAD Mavericks, for a World Series tournament. Luckily game times worked out for us to actually spend some time at the beach having fun with teammates! 

Sister here had the best time ever.....mix baseball and the beach and she's a happy camper! 

I didn't get as much down time as normal but I did get to soak in a little sunshine and watch my castle builder. Can't beat that! 

 We rented a condo this go around and lucked out that there were several team members staying at the same place. The kids were having so much fun hanging on the beach. This really IS a great group of kids (and parents, too!). 

Some beach time.....now game time! 

Family Beach Plank Stacking:)

I had the grand idea that before we left the beach we needed to try to plank stack our entire family. I'm so glad I have a strong husband because otherwise he'd have been face planted right into the sand! 

With Jared's help we got everyone stacked...

down to the last little Morgan! 

And a brief hold for a pic before it all collapsed. The boys were cracking up:)

It's much easier to just stack one princess:)

Fishin' in the Deep

This year Tracie snuck in on the boys' fishing trip. As I'm looking through these pics I'm wondering where in the world Bobby was. Then I realized he's the guy taking all the pictures. That's what usually happens to me! The gang woke up early in the morning and set out for their adventure. 

Cade has managed to be the lucky kid that gets to go with daddy on the fishing trip. I'm not sure why Grant never asks to go but Rhett is still terrified of the possibility of getting eaten by a shark. He likes to play it safe on the beach with his mom:)

Cade put a hook in at least one of the fish they caught! 

What a doozie!

Between all the fishermen on the boat (and the one fisherwoman) there was a pretty great catch!

Even though I never go (and actually don't have a desire to) I LOVE the deep sea fishing trip. It usually means that there's going to be a tasty fresh dinner on the table that night. My dad fries a mean piece of fish and Jared's second career could easily be a chef so we're always golden in the eating department on vacation. 

Way to go team! 

Very Windy Beach Family Photos

I always try to take some good photos of our family at some point on our vacation. This year was a fail. The wind was blowing so hard that our hair is wacko and I was getting nervous about having my camera in all the blowing sand. So, it is what it is and I have no idea why I can't find any of the individual pictures of any of the kids except Rhett. If I find them maybe I'll add them in one day:)

 Bobby snapped this of me when I didn't even know it. I have no idea what I was doing but I kinda liked the way the candid turned out:)

Everyone wanted to see what Grandma had videoed. Thank goodness for her getting some videos because I never think to do it! 

Another great family vacation down in the books!