This and That from Gulf Shores

We did a few other fun things besides the beach.  One afternoon, the girls went to a jewelry shop and make necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.  The boys went to laser tag during that. 

 

 

 

 

We went on a dolphin cruise one morning.

 

 

 One evening, my parents kept all the kids and my sisters and I with our spouses all went out to dinner.  We had amazing seafood again!!  Their special was oysters, which we all were a "no" to.  Then our waiter told us there were chargrilled and delicious, so we were all brave and tried them.  And they were amazing!!!

 

Here are just a few other fun pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a great trip with lots of fun and family time.  Next one will be in 2020!

A Fishing Charter

On Thursday while at Gulf Shores, myself, Scott, Tyler, Val, Jason, and Zac all went out on a 4 hour fishing charter.  It was so much fun!  Again, the weather was great and we all had a blast and learned so much.  We started by catching our own bait.  During that time, several dolphins came up by the boat.  The captain baited out poles and had them out in the water.  When they'd move, we knew we had a fish.  We all took turns reeling them in.  We also dropped anchor a a few times and held the poles ourselves to fish.  Scott and I each caught a black drum, but they weren't big enough to keep.  Val caught a stingray, which we also threw back in.  Afterwards, Captain Jason filleted the fish for us.  It was overall a great experience.  I know we all want to go out again.

Catching our bait

You see kinda see the 3 dolphins that were after our bait

 

 

 

 

 

I was reeling in a fish here. While I was reeling in mine, 2 other lines went bobbing.  It was Val's turn and Tyler's.  They each had a big fish on their lines, like 35 lbs.  Tyler's snapped the line, but Val worked on her for about 10 min.  We even had the boat moving to follow it.  Hers finally went under the boat and snapped the line on the motor.  She reeled one in later, but I was taking pictures with her phone, so I don't have one of her with a fish either.  In that commotion, I reeled mine in, but no one got a picture.  

 

 

 

 

While fishing ourselves, Val caught a sting ray

Our catch!

 

We split the fish.  I fried half of ours on Saturday when we got home and baked the rest on Sunday.  It was delicious!  Fresh fish really is the best!

Gulf Shores-the beach

We had a great time back in August at Gulf Shores with my family. We all just loved the beach!  The kids had so much fun swimming, riding the waves, searching for shells, making sand castles, and just being with their cousins.  The weather was great and the view amazing!  Both kids at different times told me, "this is the life, Mom." I agree!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrise at the beach

Sunrise at the beach

Beautiful!!