Later in the beach week

It has been a crazy week with school being out for the older kids living at my shelter, so I have been taking care of them from 8-6 every day, on top of trying to get their summer program ready to go which starts on Saturday, so needless to say it has been hard to find some time to jump on here and not try and do work on the computer.

Back to the beach right!?

After chillin for the first couple of days and not really doing too much of anything but laying out and playing with the kiddies, we decided to head to a new area called Pier Park, which is kind of a nice little area of town where they have cool shops like Ron Jon Surf Shop, Margarittaville, etc. We got the kids all dressed cute and tried to get into Margarittaville, but it was too hectic and crazy so we ended up at this place called the Back Porch. It was super cool and chilled and actually right next door to Margaritaville. We had some appetizers and enjoyed the view and relaxed for a little while people watching-which I LOVE to do.

Elem and Cecilia being sooo good waitin on something to eat and playing with toys!


Ali in Dustin in what we like to call "their movie star pic"-big classes and all.


Seth and I in OUR movie star pic.


And here we have Elem Zane trying his first orange. At least that I know of. I am not sure why he has never really wanted to eat one, but he LOVEd them and he is addicted to them still to this day! I know it has only been like a week or so, but seriously, he loves loves loves oranges now.



We ran into a few high end places to shop but actually the clothes really weren't that great and the prices were insane! So we walked around for a few minutes let the kids play in the sandy area in the middle of the Pier Park area, and then we were off to the house. Here is a family pic of Ali, Dustin, and Cecilia before we headed back! They are so cute here.


After we got back, the sun was starting to set and the kids started playing around on the beach kind of up close to the house, so I took the opportunity to grab a few shots. Fr some reason I couldnt get them together because they were super hyper and every time I sat them down, one got up and then ran the other direction giggling. So whatever! This is what I could get!

Elem running and giggling all the way. :) so precious.


Miss priss-


Just a giggling:



The next day, Spoon finally arrived and we picked him up from the Airport on Wednesday morning. For those of you who dont know Spoon, this picture pretty much describes him perfectly! He is one of our greatest and dearest friends and has been Seth's best friend since junior high.



As you can see, he doesnt like attention at all-hmm.