Saturday, September 7, 2013

Beach Photo Shoot




We brought the fancy camera with us on our trip - but I only brought it down to the beach once.  I didn't feel like it was worth the risk of getting sand on/in the lens.  So, most of the photos from the week were taken with our cell phones.  

However, we did take one evening to bring the big camera down and get some relatively nice family photos.  







While we waited for Daddy and James the boys went running down the sidewalk.


 But then Matthew fell down and this happened.

 Poor baby!  We got him a band aid and he was all better.







 There were some cool chairs on the lawn just past the pool.














We found a crab - the tiny light-colored crabs that the kids like to hunt on the beach at night.



Matthew tried to catch it.





 Trying to get seven kids to look at me and smile with their eyes open all at the same time is quite the challenge.

 Especially when one of them (JON!) is chewing gum!!





 Oh well, I tried.









James wanted me to take a series of photos of them all running down the beach.














 We found someone on the beach kind enough to take a picture of all of us, but it was a bit sunny.  


Stay tuned . . . more to come!




 

Friday, September 6, 2013

Beach ~ Day 2


The next day dawned bright and sunny, so after a quick breakfast we headed out to the beach. 


Matthew tried surfing.

Our days went something like this:  Out to the beach in the morning, inside for lunch and the hottest parts of the afternoon and then out to the beach again in the evening. 












Matthew sees something strange in the sand . . . 


It's Daddy's foot!  


He was trying to get the sand off.  He didn't like people to be buried in the sand.




The big kids did some digging and construction on the beach. 


Faith made a volcano.




Matthew and Daddy played in the water. 


Alyssa dug a big hole. 



 James made a sand castle.

Each day there was a flag on the beach to let you know the swimming conditions.  

We used our phone to look up what each flag meant. 
Throughout the week we had some single red and some yellow flags.  


And sometimes this flag flew.  



Matthew put himself to bed that night.  He was pooped out from so much running on the beach. 







Sunday, August 25, 2013

Orange Beach August 2013 ~ Day 1



We arrived at the beach in a rainstorm after midnight. 

The next morning I woke up early to more clouds. 




Nothing to be bummed about though, we had a birthday to celebrate!  

Not sure why my camera cast the green reflections on his face - haven't seen this before . . . 


Anyway, he liked the lemon cake! 

Thanks to everyone for the cards and gifts that you sent for Jonathan!  

Peter was enjoying himself too!

Snorkel gear and Milk Duds - not to be used together. 
We spent the day shopping and hanging out together.  



Eventually we made it down to the ocean.  






Muscles

Brothers 5


More muscles

They had a great time in the water.



I got a nice picture of the pool that night from the balcony. 


Up next - will it rain all week???



Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Team Smith takes Orange Beach

We're having a ball at the beach this week!  Stay tuned for all the sandy details . . .

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