Our Crew: Vacation, Day 2

We had another great day here at Gulf Shores. We woke up and got around and then headed into town to go get everyone's boogey boards and go to Wal-Mart. We bought food for back at the condo for breakfast and lunches and snacks and then headed back to the resort. After lunch, we packed up for the beach, and boy do I mean packed up! We were loaded down! The kids were so excited to try out there new boogey boards (all three of them :)! Hailey, of course, picked it up right away. She was riding those waves all the way into the shore and then running out just as fast as she could to catch another wave! Hayden did pretty good on his, too, but would rather just ram into the waves. That boy has got to be exhausted because that is all he wanted to do all day. He would run right into them and jump over them and go under them. I kept having to walk down the shore because before long he would be way farther down than our chairs. Hailey got stung by a jellyfish twice ...once on the arm and on the bottom! Brian got stung once, too. I couldn't believe Hailey wasn't even upset! She just ran over and told me, started rubbing sand on it, and took off again with her boogey board! It wasn't going to slow her down any!! After awhile we started building a sand castle then headed up to one of the pools for the rest of the afternoon. Hayden is doing much better on his swimming now. I guess he is finally getting used to it again. He swam some under water and is not wanting his vest very much! We headed up to our room about 6:00 to get showered. After getting cleaned up, we decided we would go to Lulu's to eat. It is Jimmy Buffett's sister's restaurant. We have been there before and it is very neat. It was a 2 hour wait!!!! So, we headed up the beach to hunt for something else. We came upon "The Hangout". It was super fun! It is all open air and two levels right on the beach. Off to the side, there is a huge sand pit for the kids to play in and a band and dance area. They played and Hayden and I danced to "Sweet Home Alabama". After our hour wait, we finally got seated. Of course, as soon as our food came, the dancing started, where you can get up and join along. You know I couldn't pass up dancing! Hailey wouldn't dance at first, and then she couldn't stand it either. She learned the electric slide and then we did The Cha-Cha Slide. She LOVED it!! Our food was good and we didn't leave until 10:15! The kids didn't make a peep when we put them to bed! They better rest up for a big day tomorrow! We will be out in the water all day and then go to the Clubhouse for activity night...it is Survivor night and is a family competition! Can't wait!!!!