Jarrod wasn’t able to join us, he didn’t have his vacation days reinstated just yet, so we went off and left him at home to work! Poor guy! Just me, Gigi and the kids!
We left on Friday afternoon and drove to Jackson, MS and stayed the night. We had to make a stop in Batesville, MS to eat supper and Gigi MADE us hit up a local bakery called the Carmel Factory that made the most AMAZING cake. I think we now have a regular stop on the way to and from the beach!
We had dinner at Cracker Barrel
Let the craziness begin!
Saturday we got up grabbed breakfast at the hotel and headed to Mobile, AL. After several stops. . . .we met Kristen, Brett and their kiddos for lunch before driving the rest of the way into Gulf Shores. It was a neat place on a marina, the weather was nice but there was a little Rain storm that blew up out of no where, we got a little wet. Of course the kids loved it.
It’s impossible to get a picture of them!
We got to our condo and got unloaded then walked down to the beach for a bit.
Arden wasn’t sure about the water!
She wasn’t a fan to say the least!
Stratton, however couldn’t have been happier!
We checked out the pool and Arden had to test the water with her clothes on!
So them things went a little crazy! I left mom and the kids at the condo to run and get some groceries and grab some dinner. FYI, don’t do grocery shopping for the week on a Saturday night. I have NEVER seen such chaos. I went to the nearest Wal-Mart, mainly because we were staying in the older part of G.S. (we usually stay in Orange Beach) so I wasn’t 100% sure where the nearest grocery store was. It was MADNESS. Like Armageddon insanity. While I was dealing with that, Mom was back at the condo with 2 really really cranky kids who were starving. By the time I got back I’m pretty sure she had contemplated jumping off the balcony. I just ran through Hardee’s and got some burgers since I didn’t want to wait for something and the Subway in Wal-Mart was of course really busy as well. We got them fed and bathed and ready for bed. While I was getting some of our stuff put away, Arden was putting her shoes away in the closet and she opened the closet door and walked away, and then CRASH! The door fell smack in the floor! Thank goodness she had walked in the hallway already! It put a big scratch on the floor and a gash in the wall! It scared me to death! I immediately took pictures and sent what happened to the owners. She was very nice about it and had a handyman come fix it on Monday.
Sunday we got up and went to church in Gulf Shores. We had lunch at The Hangout and the kids got to play. It was warm, but not intolerably hot. They also had an animal show while we were there and they got to see that. I tired to get them to let me take their picture- but nope.
After a good long nap we went back out to the beach for a little while, and swam in the pool some too.
Loving every minute!
My happy place.
