Memorial Day

We woke up....and unfortunately several of the kids....got a little over baked yesterday!

So we SLATHERED them this morning

Then we spent another morning in the pool

Daddy showing off his moves...

THE GIRL showing us her moves....

TWINKIE BOY....

Get ready.....

Get Set.....

Go!

Randy has really enjoyed having a chance to hang with his brother

They don't get to see each other much

but when they can they enjoy catching up!

After spending the better part of the morning at the pool we did head to the beach for a little while.

more digging for clams and body surfing for the kids.

The grownups actually sat and talked for a while....which this is the first time in a long time we have been able to do that on vacation with the kids.

Life is getting a bit easier as the littlest ones in the family are 4-5 now! 

Our last family beach trip we had a 2 year old and 4 that were 3 year olds.....so this trip has been MUCH better and MUCH MUCH MUCH more relaxing!

The kids were worn out by late afternoon

So they spent some time hanging out on the porch

Snacking

Watching movies

and snoozing.

Daddy and Pepaw took the big kids to see Pirates of the Caribbean.  They were happy to see it and all seemed to enjoy the movie.

Then.....

Aunt Rhonda and Uncle Barry made dinner tonight: Hot Dogs and Hamburgers with Mac and Cheese and Green Beans

Then we had a Wii Karaoke Contest

Ummmmm.....we are NOT good....but we did have fun!

After ALL that fun....the melt downs began....Twinkie Girl....went CrAzY and decided we should go home so she could sleep all by herself....and several more children decided they were having sleepovers with various cousins in each others rooms.....lets just say that didn't pan out either.  At last they are all tucked in and THE BIG BOY is watching the history channel with Daddy and I'm about to scoot him off to bed and call it a night.  Tomorrow......we have a whole different adventure planned!