Gulf Shores- Day 7

These first two pictures got left out of the last post- after we took our beach pictures we went and got Ice Cream :)

Corbin refused to eat from his bowl and only wanted some off my cone- lol!

On day 7 we got up and went to "The Track".  B raced some mini carts on a small track & then we went to the three story wooden track & each boy rode with us on there.  It was so fun-- and a funny note is you had to be 4'10" to drive those carts! I'm pretty sure their sign was off b/c they said I was tall enough- or maybe I've grown! lol!  The good part of C being tall for his age is that he got to ride with us too :)  He LOVED it!  B rode with Ryan and C rode with me. 

They also had games (like Gatti Town) and we let the boys play some of those- B spun a wheel and bells started ringing and lights were going off- he won 1000 tickets! lol It was so funny- he kept saying, "I just can't believe it!".  Frankly I couldn't either, b/c I never really thought anyone won the 1000 tickets! lol. 

After we left there we went and had lunch and then went and swam all day.  It was a little chillier on our last day, but B and I toughed it out in the pool playing frisbee with some friends we made in the pool that day while Ryan and C went to take a nap. 

That night we went and ate at the Shrimp Basket & went to some stores. B wanted a shark tooth necklace :)  When we got back to the condo I started packing.  I had the blues and was not ready to leave at all.

Saturday morning we got up and ate breakfast and packed up to leave.  The boys are wonderful travelers- thankfully!  We got home that night at a little before 10pm. 

It was such a great week with my sweet boys!

Gulf Shores- Day 6

On Day 6 we got up and went to visit Ft. Morgan.  It was SO cool :)  We all love history and being right there in the middle of it is especially neat.  Of course both boys were enthralled with all the canons, talk of guns, etc.. :)  Ft. Morgan was to protect the Mobile Bay.  It was built during the Civil War era. 

They were shooting their "guns" out the window where there used to be guns mounted.

Pictures just don't do it justice

I love that B can read the signs and information now :)

Looking out over Mobile Bay

This is the tunnel that leads into the Fort

We stayed at the fort all morning exploring and running around.  B chose a souvenir from the museum (another toy canon, lol).  Corbin fell asleep on our way back to the condo so we ate a quick lunch and Ryan stayed and let him sleep while B and I went to the pool for a couple hours.  Then we packed up and headed to the beach :)

Right when we got there some dolphins were putting on a show for us :)

This is the best picture I could get, but they were so pretty.

That night we went to Tacky Jack's 2 at the Ft. Morgan marina.  The boys enjoyed watching the boats coming in and the view was very pretty.

C was too tired for a picture :) lol

Our view at dinner

Corbin was cracking us up!

After dinner we went and took some beach pictures :) I'll share those later!

Gulf Shores- Day 5

We got up and loafed around a bit that morning and then went to play putt-putt.  It worked out well that we were the only people there b/c we could let Corbin play too :).  It was his first time and he loved it!  B is actually pretty good! I beat Ryan for once and he couldn't believe it! haha!

B & C with their putters and golf balls

(Corbin ended up losing his ball in a bush right at the end-- oops!).

After our game of putt-putt we went back and ate an early lunch and went to the pool again. 

The boys had so much fun splashing each other and pulling each other on the boogie board etc... I love that they are little fish.  Corbin was in good spirits all afternoon so we skipped nap time and let him keep swimming- although Ryan never minded taking Corbin back for a nap, haha!

That evening we went to Lambert's for supper-- all I can say is YUM!  Amazing food and a TON of it!  Corbin slept through half of our meal b/c he fell asleep on the way and just wouldn't wake up. He was so worn out.  Once he woke up though he thought the goofy people were hilarious.  B loved it too and tried some new things (that's always nice to get them to try new things!). 

Gulf Shores- Days 3 & 4

 Well, apparently on day 3 I was so into vacation mode that I didn't even get out the camera!  I can tell you what we did though b/c I wrote it down in the planner (yes, I'm a nerd).  We got up that morning and went to the indoor pool for a couple hours.  We then cleaned up and headed north to Foley to the outlets :)  It rained a huge rain while we were there (only about 15 min and we stayed put in a store so it didn't bother us!).  I got a dress for Jordan's upcoming wedding and B found a Puma backpack for only $12.00 (SCORE!).  I got a few other odds and ends, but we mostly browsed.  We ate some Chinese food for lunch and then got some ice cream before heading back.  When we got back we went to the pool.  We stayed late at the pool and weren't too hungry so we had a quick supper at Hooter's.  Let me just say that taking a 7 yr. old boy to Hooter's probably wasn't the best idea!  I didn't even think about it, but when he quietly asked why our waitress was only wearing her underwear I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! 

On Day 4 we got up that morning and went to the zoo.  It was so interactive and the boys loved it. 

The kangaroos were so neat!



Corbin loved feeding the goats and kept wanting to go back to the goats!

We are actually getting two goats at the end of June for B's 4H project and b/c Ryan wants some to clean up the woods lol (they are still with their momma right now) so we thought that was hilarious that he loved them so much.

This is out of order but they were watching the crazy fast kangaroos

 I thought this was a cute little guy

 Massive (his name was Chuckie and he escaped during Hurricane Ivan in '04, but was found!).

Feeding the goats again!

 This bear was very playful!

 And this one was very lazy!

After the zoo we grabbed a quick lunch and went back and went to the pool.  Corbin got tired pretty fast so Ryan took him back to the condo for a nap and B and I stayed all afternoon.  

That night we went to King Neptune's for supper- I thought it was amazing! 

The boys sharing a zebra cake in their jammies and watching a movie.

Corbin loves to color :)

Showing me this one is "boom" aka blue :)