School ended and summer began right away. My sister, Audra and her husband, Linn and their four children, Tyler (17), Austin (13), Kayla (9), and Karly (7) came to visit. They brought my mom and dad with them! And oh yeah, Tyler brought a friend, Brody (17). We had a house full I'm telling you! It had been a couple of years since I had seen Tyler and Austin and I could not believe the grown young men they had become. They had deep, men voices and stubble on their faces.
We all hung out here at the house for a couple of days before we headed to Orange Beach, where Audra and Linn had rented a four bedroom, spacious Condo for all of us to enjoy for a week. A week! We haven't spent a week at the beach since, well, since I can remember. It was heaven on earth! The first night we got there, there was a storm brewing in the gulf and the winds were going crazy. It made for lots of great pictures on the deck.
The rest of the week was beautiful. The condo had a lazy river, a really cool slide, and a couple of pools so we had plenty of entertainment. It was just a very fun, relaxing week. Lots of pictures were taken, but here are a few of my favorites!
Let's see, where was everyone's comfort level with the ocean? Laurel and Savannah loved being in the water. Laurel got really good at riding the waves. Austin was everyone's entertainer. Savannah loved being thrown up in the air and landing in the water. Landon, not very comfortable with the ocean water this time. He wouldn't venture out very far. Him and I hung out together in the sand. He loved dragging the board through the water and he drove the dump truck all around. Sawyer loved being in the water. The water and the sun wore him out. It was great having mom and dad, who aren't really beach loving, in the middle of the hot day, people. They would stay indoors and listen out for Sawyer when he went down for a nap.
