Greetings from L.A.!

A big howdy here from L.A. - Lower Alabama! We are in Gulf Shores this week on vacation. We've just finished our first full day here. And we are tired! 

We started the day off with a trip to the beach. It was warm and sunny. Alpha mainly played in the sand building sand castles. Beta did that some, but then wanted to come down to the water where Jim was. He eventually got her to sit on the shore where the waves would come up. She loved it! Though she did rub her eyes with her sandy hand and start crying afterwards. (who wouldn't have? That hurt!) She then got sand in her bathing suit. So she did what any uninhibited 4 year old would do. SHE TOOK OFF HER BATHING SUIT!!!!! Jim turned around and said "What are you doing????" I grabbed my towel and put it around her really quickly. We left soon after that. We figured we'd better cut our losses. :)

Alpha looked for shells all over the sand. She got too far away so that caused me to have to walk with her. (Because there really were more shells over where she was.) 

They had lots of fun.

We attended the 11:00 traditional service at Gulf Shores United Methodist church. It was nice. Though I was very tired and almost went to sleep like Beta did! 

After that we tried going to the Hot Air Balloon festival. It rained. It was yucky. And no balloons were flying. We were bummed. 

After that, we came back to the condo. Gramma and the girls went to the beach while Jim and I went and bought groceries and a few other essentials at Wal-mart. This wal-mart has the biggest selection of small-size items I've ever seen! 

Then tonight, Jim and I went out to eat by ourselves while Gramma took the girls to Build-a-Bear. We ate too much, and the girls had lots of fun!

Now it's about 9:00 and we're all about to turn in. We are beat!