Orange Beach 2018 - Day 4, August 9th

On our last full day at the beach, we went on a dolphin cruise. Colt, Kinley, Davallen, my mom and I went. Dede and David stayed at the condo with Cutler. Afterwards, we had lots of play time at the beach. Then we had some hide and seek fun in the condo before bed. We woke up and made the drive home the next morning. We did the whole trip in the one day on the way home. That last hour or so we had to stop LOTS. I think Kinley had to potty every few minutes and was mainly just tired of being in the car. She was newly potty trained so we HAD to stop. It was a great first vacation with both kids and we're glad that family got to go with us! Also, after the trip, Kinley kept talking about her beach house... she would talk about it like we owned a beach house! 

A few videos of our dolphin cruise

At the dock, where we got on the boat, there were a ton of jellyfish.

Last day at the beach

Sweet, sweet boy... he has grown so much since this pic!

Orange Beach 2018 - Day 2, August 7th

Our day 2 highlights included beach time, pool time, more beach time, and crab hunting after our little family photo session that the kids almost didn't wake up in time for!

Picture overload of our sleeping baby on the beach... but I think they are the sweetest!

Going down the slide with her ducky float

Kinley liked crab hunting. 

We didn't catch the big one in the picture below. Someone brought it over and showed it to us. 

We even saw a jellyfish while we were out there, 

Orange Beach 2018 - Day 1, August 6th

We got Orange Beach around 2 pm on August 6th, right around check in time. We checked in and checked out our condo before going to grab some lunch down the street at the Gulf. We couldn't miss out on beach time our first day. After we got back from lunch, we headed down to the beach for a bit. Kinley loved it. She especially loved the seashells and using her "Elsa powers" to push the waves.  Cutler just soaked everything in! Vacations with kids may not be super relaxing, but they are so fun and so worth it! I love seeing things through their eyes.

Here's a video of Kinley and her reaction when we first got to our room and took her out on the balcony. When we first got there she kept saying that the "dolphins were getting away."

Matching babes before heading to the beach for the first time

This was my mom's second time to go to a beach other than Galveston. Her first was when she went to Mexico with us the year after we got married. 

We loved Orange Beach... obviously since we picked it as our summer vacation spot again in 2019!   For us, the beach is comparable to the beaches in the Destin area that we'd been to but it's a shorter drive, which with kids is a big deal! Those last two hours with kids the age of ours could be big deal!

Sweet boys first time in the ocean!

A few pics of our home away from home for the week