Gulf Shores

After leaving Mississippi and getting caught in allllll the traffic headed to the beach we arrived in Gulf Shores! We were the last ones to arrive so everyone else was already in the water so we made a beeline to our room, changed into our swimsuits and officially started our vacation. 

After driving for 2 days straight Eric was ready for a drink. 

Elle, Henry and Charlie were in the little lagoon with PawPaw searching for hermit crabs. 

Ready for a whole week at the beach!

This girl was loving the hermit crabs!

Elle slept in this loft area every night of vacation, she loved it! Some nights Henry would be in the other twin beds, other times Eric or Nick depending on how sprawled out kids were in bed in each of our rooms. 

So the guys tried to grocery shop Friday night apparently with the entire population of Gulf Shores. 

So Saturday morning the girls headed out to shop when the store wasn't so crowded. Ollie was the only kid who came with us and he immediately fell in love with this hat. He kept saying he was Woody. :)

I was eventually able to convince him to buy this hat instead which he called his Buzz Lightyear hat the whole time we were on vacation. 

While at the pool we heard the ice cream man so PawPaw bought popcicles for all the kids. 

That little belly!

The boys found a crab outside and chaos ensued. 

Ready for her first time at the beach!

They LOVED it!

Elle and Charlie headed to the dock to fish.

We celebrated Father's Day while we were there!

The kids picked this shirt out for Eric. 

The sweetest little Dude.

Ollie caught his first fish this night!

All being in one house together means books with MawMaw before bed. 

Would have appreciated a heads up from my Seester that my sunscreen wasn't all the way rubbed in. I'm sure she got a good laugh out of this. :)

Beach bums. 

We headed to dinner one night at The Hangout were the kids participated in a foam party while we waited for our food.

After dinner Sissy did some jumping. I thought Ollie would love flying high like Buzz but he changed his mind last minute so Elle went twice. 

One day we headed to The Yard for some crazy big milkshakes.

We spent A LOT of time in the pool which was a favorite for everyone. 

We went to Orange Beach one night for their Family Fun night. 

PawPaw rode the ferris wheel with Elle, Henry and Charlie.

And Eric and I rode with Ollie. He was pretty nervous for the first half of the ride.

PawPaw's basket was rocking, they were crazy. 

Another day at the beach, this time with boogie boards!

Dinner at the Original Oyster House, the kids tried alligator and loved it!

Back to Orange Beach for dinner another night. 

After dinner we headed to ice cream, I had a big fear of alligators going into this vacation so this sign warranted a picture. 

We went back to The Hangout one morning for the pirate/princess breakfast while the guys and Henry did some deep sea fishing. 

Rounding out the week with our last beach day. :(

Headed home after an AMAZING vacation!

Can't thank my mom and dad enough for this trip. We had so much fun, had so many laughs, I almost let a raccoon into the house, the Voss boys bought Hermit crabs, my kids became so comfortable swimming in the pool and going underwater. We just had so much fun!