Gulf Shores 2008
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For Keith’s mom’s birthday, the whole Cremer clan headed to Gulf Shores, Alabama, for a week. Or as our kids call it : “Alabama Beach”. We headed out on a Friday so we could take eat a great meal out in Louisianna on the way. Saturday morning we finished up what was left of the drive and met up for a slow family lunch of fried seafood at the Seafood Shack in Foley. Decent food, and my fried clam strips were really good. Once we got to the beach house, everyone settled in and releaxed with a drink. The kids grabbed some beach toys and headed down to the water.
Matt and Evan “fishing” in the surf As part of Meme’s birthday, we had a professional photographer come out Sunday evening for pictures of the whole family. She copyright released the photos, so we cna post them here and do whatever we like with them.
The kids
Everyone
In color, even
Evan staying sharply focused on the picture taking
Us
If you take enough pictures, one or two turn out
The kids are barely in control at this point
Sara holding a stick with oysters on it. Makes a striking photo
This shot took about 30 tries
You can hardly see us yelling at the kids to behave The rest of the week was mostly beach time, with some trips into town to do a few things. One night, I bet everyone they couldn’t eat 6 saltine crakcers in a minute. I don’t think anyone made it past 4.
Cracker eating contest One of our trips into town was for a dolpin cruise. A very hot, sunny cruise, with one hard to entertain boy. We enjoyed it anyways. It was impressive to see very young (week old) dolhpins in the bay with their moms.
One of the rare times Evan actually looked for dolphins
One pod of dolphins Another day, we went into Gulf Shores to a go-cart, mini golf and more entertainment complex. The kids had a great time.
Jill and Ella starting off
Keith and Evan
They also had bumper boats. Jill and Evan barely even got wet this time around
Our sprayer barely worked. Lucky for Jill and Evan Next a game of mini golf in the hot sun.
Matt takes a short break
Evan plays ambidextrous We rode the next gocart track a bunch of times
Jill and Evan
Kim and Ella
This time on the boats, we all got soaked Afterwards, we headed to Lulu’s. The food was ok, but several meals were cold.
Evan crashes before the food comes
Totally out We did spend one day at Waterville, USA, but we have no pictures of it. The girls were pretty nuts and wanted to go on every single ride / slide (and they did). They even went on the surf wave machine on boggie boards. Pretty impressive! One night, we gathered loose wood on the beach and built a fire (classic boy scout log cabin design) for a hot dog and smores roast. We barely got hot dogs done when the storms rolled in. There was a mad scramble to get marshmallows raosted before we ran for cover.
Beach roast On Friday, we all hit the beach in the morning. Evan finally understood the attraction of the surf and playing in the waves. On his last day, of course.
Ella loved riding the waves
Taking a break from playing hard
Getting feet wet
Playing with the creatures we caught
Playing in the surf with Meme After playing on the beach, the four of us packed up and started home. We took the ferry from Gulf Shores across Mobile Bay. It was a fun and easy start to the drive home.
Looking across Mobile Bay
Riding the ferry
Posing at the helm We had a great trip to the beach and it was an easy drive from Houston. The kids had a blast at the beach and the parents even got to relax every once in a while. |
