HONEY, I'M HOME!!!!!!!!

 

Finally after awful traffic in Birmingham, we have made it home.  Well actually we made it home last night at about 7:00.   Today I have done absolutely nothing.  I hate it when you go on "vacation" and then you are so exhausted after you get home, that you need another vacation.   Its also really hard to go on "vacation" when you are at a softball tournament.  I know, I know, I have heard you all say it, "but your at the beach".   Now I love softball, and I love the beach, so you think it would be a match made in heaven.  Well, let me tell you its not all its cracked up to be. 

Softball games cut into your beach time.  Its like torture sometimes.  You may be lucky and get your first games done and out of the way and then get a couple of days off, or you might have them spread sporadically through out the week.  We were the winner of option number two.  So we never did get many days off with out a game.  To be exact we had two days off with out games.  Sunday before the tournament started and then Friday after we were put out of the tournament.  So it is a lot of rushing around trying to fit in the fun into short time frames.

You see I am not complaining.  I really had a good time.  I loved hanging out with all my friends from the ball team.  The girls had a great time hanging out with each other.  I just wish I had more beach time.   My favorite thing is going to the beach and sitting at the edge of the water in my chair and just sitting.  I did not get enough of that.  I can not wait to go back when I don't have a tournament.  Out of the last 5 beach trips, only one has not involved a softball tournament.  So I am already in the process of planning another one. :)

Ok on to other matters.  I want you to know I love you all and I thank you all for staying with me in my sporadic vacation post.  I did not get a lot of opportunity to read many of your post.  I am actually a bit overwhelmed in my reader at the moment.  I have about 418 post that I have not read, and I don't think I will be able to get to them.  So I am going to hit the mark as read button and start over.  Please forgive me if I don't comment on a post, I am trying to get back into the swing of things.

 

Guess What????  We have new residents at our house!  Let me introduce you to some new little friends we brought back.

 

This is slush....don't ask Little Logan named him

 

This is Crush and Squirt....

Syd named them

 

When we got back we had a new baby here.  We had been waiting for this one and I said it would get here while we were gone and sure enough here she is......

We don't have a name for her yet.   Little Logan is supposed to name her, but has not come up with anything yet.  So what do y'all think are some good names for her?   We already have, Mylie, Rose (which is her mama), Ellie Mae, and Fatty.  Then the donkeys are Reloy, Jenny, Charlie, Lilly, and Star.  Then there is flop the duck.  So go ahead and throw out some names.  I don't know if any of your names will be picked, but I thought it would be neat to hear what you come up with.

PAY ATTENTION DO NOT IGNORE!

Beach Lesson 101:

When you see this.....

It means do not go into the water.  No swimming, dangerous water, under tow, strong current, rip tide....if you go in this might happen.

You might need to get rescued.  :(

Three people got caught up in the rip tide and were pulled out into the ocean.

We saw the helicopter go by.  They were hovering over them and then they started dropping out the life preservers.

Then the jet ski, and the trucks started racing down the beach.

When the jet ski got there they started throwing out life jackets.  Then they got the people on the jet ski and he brought them to the beach.

 

From what I can gather, I believe these people are ok, and did not have to be hospitalized.  Unfortunately someone else drowned in the waters in another part of the beach and four others were hospitalized.

Its amazing the number of people who ignored the flags and got into the surf. 

Even today the double red flags were out and people were still going on out there.  So if you are going to the beach just remember to be careful and pay attention to the flags .

Growing up to fast

Syd last year at the beach.......

Syd this year at the beach......

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HI THERE PEOPLE!!!!!!

So I am here at the beach (you can hate me if you want). We have had some great weather, and won our first ball game, so all is good for now. I thought I would share a few pictures that Deta has taken, because I am a a slacker and have not uploaded any pictures yet (I bloglifted them from her blog). Plus she takes better pictures than me. :)

We have not done the parasail thing yet, so this is just some random person. Deta took this picture from our balcony. Yep her camera is much better than mine.

So until my next update from the beach. I will catch y'all later. :)

CALGON TAKE ME AWAY

Its cold and I am getting a little sick of it. I am still waiting for the beach.

Please, please will someone take me there? I will ride in the trunk if I need to. OK maybe not the trunk I don’t want to smell like gas fumes. How about, I will give you some gas money. I will even chip in on the groceries; you won’t even know I am there. I just want to go lay on the beach in the nice warm sun, and not be disturbed. Valarie get a hold of yourself begging is not very becoming.

Change of plans I just went and checked the weather for Gulf Shores and surrounding beaches, and its gonna be cold there too.

Awww dagdumit! Guess I am not goin anytime soon.

Lets just look at pictures and dream of the beach instead shall we.

Sydie & Chase (he is my great nephew)

Chase trying to roll his pants down

Chase trying to get the sand off his hands

Sydie pouting because I made her go back up to the condo and get the batteries that she had swiped out of my camera

Jessie captured by the sunset

Now notice that Juvenile Delinquent LL is not in any of these pictures. He did not want to come down. I think he was up in the room having a party while his Daddy took a nap.