Friends, Family, Food, and Fun

One of the beauties of vacation at the beach is that the children are usually so worn out after a full day of play they were ready to settle in and snuggle up during down times. Cameron eating up her little girl snuggles.  She rock rocked Sarah Ellen every night.Margaret Anne, I truly admire your ability to fall asleep pretty much anywhere. 

We also discovered that our children are little vultures.  As soon as food was near, they were swarming and devouring. 

Mealtimes were always an adventure.  Morning, noon, and night – nine plates, nine milks, nine “What’s for dessert?”  We ate like kings the entire week:  BBQ, baked ziti, banana pudding, french toast, strawberry short cake, mexican casserole, country fried steak, chocolate cake and so much more.  I sure hope all the playing we did made up for all the eating we did.  Did I mention how much I liked communal living?

This was Sarah Ellen’s favorite spot for the week.  She loved the water spigot and bucket.  We finally had to barricade it just to keep her on the beach.  I believe we may owe the Gaddy’s a little on the water bill. Anyone who can do hair this cute sure needs a little girl.  Thank you Cameron for our beautiful hairdos. Pure cuteness    Nine cuties:  Austin, Lily, MA, Olivia, Abigail, Porter, SE, Matthew, and Bailey. Mr. Allan was our music coordinator for the week.  He brought shakers and a drum.  That’s right, a drum.  As if nine children weren’t loud enough.

Ahhh, bedtime.  With the children all snug in their beds, the adults enjoyed sunsets on the dock, games, laughing, laughing, and more laughing. 

I think that about sums up our amazing week.