Hannah jumping waves with Caroline!

 Pretending to ride on a sea tow on the playground.

Beautiful sunset dinner!

 Morning walk on the beach to find seashells and William found a baby crab on driftwood.

William made a sand pirate ship with four water cannons and a "walk the plank"!

Hannah rescued a baby gecko from the pool.

 The girls first soccer practice!

 Emily and Kippen trying to steal the ball away from each other

 Hannah out ran her partner and scored every time!

On her way to score!

 Their team name is The Cowboys!  They had a great first practice!

 A fun morning at the Orange Beach playground

 Meeting friends at LuLu's to play in the sand and eat lunch!

An afternoon at the pool with Ella

 Ready for a boat ride

 The girls like the view from the front

Boating to Florida to Sand Island

 Fishing and swimming at the island

 The kids started a collection of hermit crabs

 Heading down the dock for lunch

 Watching the dolphins jump beside the boat

Labor Day Weekend at Orange Beach

 Pappy and the girls fishing...

 They caught a baby fish that was almost smaller than the hook!

An early Happy Birthday to Mimi!

 Silly cousins in their pjs!

 Cousin Alec touching a fish

William and Alec making a sand castle

 Hannah helping too!

 Game Time!

Another beautiful day at the beach!  After Isaac there are a lot of shells and a tidal pool.

 Emily running fast

 Cousin Sara

 Dada caught another shark!

Pappy caught a remora and it was put in the tidal pool for the kids to watch it swim.

 Hannah loves her new float

Emily having fun in the pool!

 Watch out for the shark!

 Corey took his kayak out from the beach and while we were watching him paddle out dolphins starting jumping around him.

 Emily reeled in a double!

 Corey caught his first shark from his kayak in front of us on Orange Beach

 Then Hannah reeled in her first shark!

 Then William reeled in another shark

 Not quite as many teeth as his shirt

 Our first sting ray

 A baby remora

Pretending to kayak with Uncle Corey 

 Good Morning Birthday Girls! They requested chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

 "Happy Birthday to You..."

 Dad with the Birthday Princesses

Mom with the Birthday Princesses

 No work and no school means lunch at Hibachi!

Special icecream and special birthday drum song!

 Instead of taking cupcakes to school today- the girls spent the rainy afternoon making their own cake!

 William helped with the sprinkles

 Their beautiful masterpiece!

A third Happy Birthday Song for the day!