Layla, Noelle, Anna Kate, Madi, Rose, Emme, and Macy ready to play play play on our last full day at the beach!

 

Rose and Madi made great friends at the wedding and ran towards each other with open arms when they saw each other again today!  She’s a Texas girl too, so we’ll get to play again at home!

 

I begged Rose to wear sunglasses, and she adamantly refused.  Sometimes ya gotta learn tha hard way, darlin’.

Mermaids in the ocean!

 

These two really hit it off!

 

So, this morning, a storm rolled in a kicked up a bunch of seaweed.  The water was pretty gross!  In the picture on the left, Noelle is holding some algae up for her friends to see.  It didn’t stop the kids, but I was done with the water for this trip.  

 

Layla was peacefully sleeping on the beach under our tent, but cracked a smile when I tried to take her picture.  Sweet girl!

 

Sand castles were going up by the dozens today, all different shapes and sizes, fully “decorated” of course!

 

Noelle and I got this one started for everyone to come help decorate! 

 

Lots of time and precision went into making this one just right!

 

Ty, Carey, Mike and Mo watching all of our girls play – all 7 of them, plus lots of Carey’s super fun cousins!

 

 

Noelle and Ansley had fun making friends, and Rose is holding out her hands like she owns this place, ha! (note the glasses are on)

Whew!  Mama’s feet are tired, but I’d rather be no where else in the entire world, and I guess that’s a pretty good place to be!