beach bound 2010

We're day 3 into our annual beach vacation and it's already been full of fun and adventure!  We headed out of Shreveport late Friday afternoon and spent the night at Aunt Martha's condo.  Her roommates recently moved out and Martha is moving soon so the only furniture was her bed, dresser and desk in her room.  The kiddos had way too much fun running around in an empty bedroom...they didn't fall asleep until after 10:00 pm and they were up by 6 the next morning!  Due to our early start, we made it to Pensacola by lunch time and everyone hit the beach running!  Late night, early morning, sun, fun, no naps made Saturday evening a rough one but finally they all fell asleep.
Sunday morning we put on our red, white and blue Sunday finest and headed to FBC Pensacola.  The trio happily headed to the children's area and the Talbot/Tingle/Flournoy/Greer clan filled up an entire pew in the Sanctuary.  It was a great service with their in house orchestra.  After church we went back home for lunch and a nap.  My threats worked and everyone slept for almost 2 hours so I was able to take a walk on the beach and relax for a while.  When they got up we grabbed some popsicles and hit the beach.  At first everyone was a little hesitant of the water but after a little while, they were jumping in the waves on the shore, having a BLAST.  Lots of great smiles and laughter!  We took lots of pictures, but of course, my USB cord is in Shreveport so it will be a while before I can load them!  After the beach adventures, we all cleaned up for our annual 4th of July gathering where we had lots of great shrimp, drinks, conversation, birthday cake and fireworks!  H & S even played with the sparklers but G was a little too frightened.  They were so exhausted that there were no fights going to bed and they even slept until 8:00 am this morning!!
Today Aunt Becky and Aunt Martha were supposed to take the trio to the zoo but it is raining and it doesn't look like it is going to stop, but I think I may send them to the Naval aviation museum/IMAX (whenever the aunts get out of bed).  Today is me and Jason's 7th wedding anniversary so we plan on enjoying a semi kid free day and a night on the town!
To be continued and pictures to follow...