Girls at the Beach...day 7

last day, last hoorah

last day of being beach bums

our last meal out

(I was NOT leaving without eating a shrimp poboy)

one last stop at a tacky souvenir shop

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Girls at the Beach...day 6

tick-tock, our time here is almost over. so sad but we have had such a great week. we were bums all day--lots of lounging on the deck, digging our toes in the sand, and walks along the water. there is something so relaxing about the combination of sun, sand, and surf. it magically turns me into a beach bum and find that I could spend a whole summer here (no need to talk about reality right now).

extra fun today: top toss (pic above), road trip for ice cream, kite flying, napping on the deck

not fun today: Carly getting stung by jellyfish.

Girls at the beach...day 5

There was shopping.

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Well, actually there was more snowcone eating than shopping.

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There was LuLu's and

some yummy smoked tuna dip and shrimp salad over fried green tomatoes.

oh, and of course fabulous key lime pie :)

Girls at the beach...day 4

Carly has made friends with a little girl in the beach house next door. She is delighted to have a buddy to play with. All us grown-ups can be a little bit of a drag. They have spent hours in the ocean on boogie-boards and swimming. Tonight we have one tired little girl.

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Girls at the Beach...day 3

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We ventured into "town" today to eat lunch at one of our favorite dives -

some of the best shrimp you can ever eat!

(plus the best waitress. really, she was great)

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Food is a VERY big part of our vacation. We eat out a couple of times at some of our favorite places, but most meals are eaten at the beach house. We love to fill the refrigerator with our favorites and everyone does their own thing at meal times.

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what fills the refrigerator:

chicken salad

pimento cheese

spiral-cut ham

salsa

watermelon

strawberries

cantaloupe

green salad fixings

broccoli cornbread

diet coke

ice tea

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what would you put in your beach refrigerator?

Girls at the Beach...day 2

my 5 things to do today:

read my book

take a walk on the beach

play with Carly in the sand

play a board game

watch the sun set

take some pictures

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Girls at the Beach...day 1

{truck #1}

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{truck #2}

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{before}

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{supervising}

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{after}

we love where we live - our house, our cove, our neighborhood. the only negative is that Interstate 55 is in our backyard.

so we started stage #1 of reclaiming our backyard and making it usable for our family. wednesday, we got 5 dump trucks full of dirt (including the one that they stuck in my backyard) and some dozer work. yesterday, the landscape team showed up and planted 24 trees.

there is a little more work for this summer and stage #2 and stage #3 for the following summers. it is hard to have patience, but we are really excited that we got it started!

wordless wednesday

take me out to the ballgame

The season has come to an end and

we had another good year of coach-pitch baseball.

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Carly had the chance to play 1st base, short stop and even some outfield.

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Daddy got the chance to pass along some of his knowledge.

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Carly had lots of good hits. She got a lot better watching the ball and making good contact.

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Yesterday, in her last game,

she got a single, triple and a grand slam homerun!

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After the game, her coaches took them to Sonic for ice cream. They got their trophies and really cute baseball banks with a dollar coin inside.