Now it is about half way through July so let me catch us up on the first few weeks of the month. Jeremy and I took off work a couple of days at the beginning of the month to spend some time with his family in Gulf Shores. We all had a great time together regardless of the tarballs on the beach.
Although Abby wasn't so sure about all the sand at first, she eventually really enjoyed playing on the beach and looking for shells. Laura and I enjoyed playing in the waves one day and she actually found a live sand dollar. The house we were staying at had a small dipping pool as well as the ones around us. We discovered that there were crabs in all of the pools that were stuck and could not get out. Jeremy took it upon himself to rescue not only the one in our pool but the other three pools too. Well he did good with the big crabs because he could just scoop them up with Abby's bucket and did not actually have to touch them. The last pool had a very small crab in it and so Mr. James and Breck came to save the day. (Let me tell you all of this was a sight to see. We were laughing so hard about all of this chaos!) Anyway Breck pick up the crab and threw it out on the beach. It was a bit of a terrifying moment for me because the direction he threw the crab is where I was standing taking pictures of all the excitement. Luckily it went over my head! All the crabs that were stil alive are now free on the beach!
CRAB CHAOS...sequence of events:
Discussing the best way to go about this
Marta Marta Marta and Abby looking on...
Breck goes in for the crab!
They were looking at the crab in the sand after to be sure he was okay after his flight through the air. ha!
We really had a good time together as you can tell. I wish I had taken more pictures and gotten a group picture. I'll try to remember that next time we are all together. Thank you so much Mr. James and Mrs. Martha for a great beach vacation! We enjoyed every minute from watching the World Cup, to laying on the beach, to eating some delicious food, and much more.
Jeremy's family headed home on Saturday afternoon but he and I stayed in Gulf Shores for the holiday weekend to extend our vacations some since we has Monday off anyway. We enjoyed some shopping and more sun! On the 4th, we went kayaking on the Bon Secour River. We had alot of fun exploring the river and jumping off the rope swing at the swimming hole. I really wish I had pictures of all of this but I was too scared I would drop the camera in the water. Oh and let me tell you kayaking is no joke even on a river with no rapids, our shoulders were hurting for a few days after. It was worth it though!
Us before kayaking
After being on the river for most of the day we went to eat at Tacky Jacks that night in Orange Beach. The food was really good and we enjoyed watching some fireworks while eating. All in all our beach vacation was alot of fun! We hope all of you are enjoying your summer too!
Eating at Tack Jacks
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