Our family vacation 2008

Ok I promised I would write about our family vacation so here it goes. I will post more pictures when my guys aren't hogging the picture computer.

Well let's start with Friday, July 11th. I'm using names tonight because I am lazy.
On Friday we headed to Cocodrie, but first Brady had to cover the Manning Passing camp in Thibodeaux so we dropped him off at The Advertiser building so he could catch a ride with Kevin and the other guys. We were going to the Sports writers convention that night and our friend Kevin was winning a big award. Brady convinced his wife to surprise him and attend so I picked her up and the boys, she and I drove into Cocodrie. I dropped off the boys to my parents and Michelle and I headed to New Orleans to meet our men. Brady and I had a blast having an outing with other adults. We slept over at my parents' house that night.
Saturday- We headed to the Snow's camp. They are always so nice to let us borrow the camp if they are not there. We set up shop there and stayed there until Wednesday morning. Kaleb and Brady fished or should I say casted their lines that evening while Logan and I took a 3 hour nap in the nice comfy recliner.
Sunday we woke at 6:30 and went to 8 AM mass. After mass we went to Sunday morning breakfast at Maw Rene and Paw Flip's house. After we went back to the camp and casted out lines off the dock for a few hours. Not much... oh we went feed the seagulls but they weren't much into wanting to eat. Mom cooked fried shrimp and mac and cheese for supper. Logan and I also walked up and down Tou Lou Lou Lane chasing tou lou lous (for those of you wondering these are little crabs with one large claw, They look like roaches).


Monday since it poured all day we stayed inside and watched TV. Brady and Kaleb also played Nintendo.

Tuesday we decided to spend time in Houma. We headed for Southland mall to bring Kaleb to the arcade. We had a nice time. We played a 2 rounds of putt putt golf amongst the scurvy pirates. Then we played in the game room for a few hours. We visited with Logan's Nanny in JCPenney. After that we headed back to the camp but not before we searched all over Houma for hotel coupon books. We headed to Target to get replacements for what we used at the camp. Went back to the camp, washed clothes and packed for our trip to the beach.


Wednesday we headed to the Gulf shore. We were going to stay in Biloxi, but um well there is NOTHING in Biloxi. So we continued our drive to Gulf Shores. We took the scenic route into the Mississippi gulf shore and wish we hadn't. It was horrible. I wish I would not have seen Biloxi in that state. It made my heart hurt to see that there is not a thing for families to enjoy anymore. I want to remind everyone we had no reservations and just drove into Gulf shores hoping to find something in our budget. We found something and though it was not the best, it was a place to sleep. We stayed at`the Sleep Inn on the beach. Not the best room but hey it was`on the beach. Once we got settled into our hotel we decided to head to the beach. Logan, Brady and I loved it. Kaleb hated the sand, he hated the nasty water, and all he wanted was to swim in the pool. And so we did. WE played on the beach for a few hours and when Logan got cranky we knew we had to find supper. We went to the pool to play and get the sand off . Then we headed upstairs got dressed and headed to McDonalds for supper. Kaleb had more fun playing in the playland than on the beach.

Thursday was a full day on the beach... we only stopped for lunch at Subway and a drive into Perdido Keys, Florida. We had to get the kids to take a nap some kind of way. After our drive we headed back to the beach to make sand castles and tell the beach good bye. Kaleb and Brady played in the pool and Logan and I went to take a shower. Yes, shower because apparently Sleep Inns do not have bath tubs. SO I had to attempt shaving my legs sitting at the bottom of a shower on a towel with Logan trying to walk in the shower also. After Brady and Kaleb got their showers taken we got dressed and headed out for our final vacation dinner. We wanted to go to LuLu's but umm the wait looked like it would be toooooo long. So we headed into Foley to eat at Lambert's (home of the thrown rolls) but the line was wrapped around the building so we went a little further into Foley and ate the best pizza at the Mellow Mushroom. Oh gosh one slice and I was full. It was yummy.


We headed back home Friday. While on the beach I practiced my photography skills. I really do want to work on that, I just need to buy a new battery for my camera.

We had a blast and are thinking about going back next year or the year after and taking friends with us. Even though we didn't do much but play in the sand and water it was a great family time.