Gulf Shores

This year we decided to change up the annual Gibson family reunion (my mom's side of the family) and head south to the beach! Tab, Ryland and I have not been able to make it to a family reunion in years because they are usually in October, in Alabama and on a Sunday afternoon so it is hard for us to make it. So we were excited about all going to the beach together and hanging out with family that we do not get to see very often.

Tab, Ryland and I got up really early on Thursday to drive south and ended up leaving so early that we decided to stop in Greenville, AL on the way to pick up the rest of the family and all caravan the rest of the way to Gulf Shores.

We rented a house on the beach that had a pool and a lot of bedrooms so that we could all fit. It was perfect and having the pool right outside the backdoor was really nice. There were 14 adults and 6 kids. The rest of the family were staying around the area and we all meet up in Orange Beach to eat and hang out.

Tab, Mark and Nate went fishing on Saturday morning and caught enough fish for everyone so they grilled it on Saturday night. And then we had a low country boil on Sunday. The guys did a great job cooking!

Miles is 1 week older than Ryland so it was really fun to see them play together. And since they all live in Chicago we hardly get to see them so it was nice to see them become friends.

Here are some pictures from our trip ...

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Playing the pool with daddy. We tried to get him to wear swimmies but he was terrified of them and that only lasted 30 seconds (just long enough for me to snap a few pictures!)
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Having fun inside ...
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Ryland and Miles ...
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All of the kids ... Ryland, Mandy, Nate, Marcy, Ki and Miles
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I snapped this picture right as a balloon had popped and it caught Ryland off guard ...
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At the Orange Beach community center were we met up with everyone for dinner on Saturday night and lunch on Sunday.
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Ryland fell asleep on the way to meet everyone for lunch on Sunday so he got to take his nap in the stroller!
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