This week..our stay at the cabin

This week, Marks mom and dad rented a cabin at seashore. It was SO relaxing and fun. This was a very beautiful and simple week....Im very thankful we were asked to stay. I think it''ll become an annual vacation for all of us. We stayed there Friday- Thursday.... We pretty much were outside since Friday afternoon. Our time was filled with hiking, beach visits, swimming, surfing, EATING!!, and lots of bike rides, and relaxing. There are tons of pictures to share....Oh--here's sister friday morning...she is really progressing with her walking skills. We are up to three steps now!!The cabin on a hill. Its a blast biking down that hill---you go so fast!--but, going up stinks..We began our time there with a squirt gun fight...Reid showed no mercy.Here's Reid and his Papa. Dad bought him this Redrum Fish shirt. Reid ADORES him...every morning, about 6:30, Reid woke up and immediately said, "where's Papa?"We went for a walk on the beach saturday...we hunted rocks and crabs. The weather was PERFECT! Most of the week it staying around the 80's with low humidity. Thank you Lord for your favor!

Reid loves a chance at my banjo when ever he can..

Here's Reid first "surfing" experience. Of course, we are at the bay doing this..he's still scared to go in the ocean.
Mason had a good time, too. He ran off saturday morning and got in the swamp (no fun to clean!) But after that, he did a great job listening and staying close.One morning, the boys went crabbing and us girls hung on the beach. Here are their trophy crabs..Reid caught THREE! It was his first time ever on Papa's boat and he had a blast.Of course, we poked those crabs a bit before we ate them..poor little guys!
Another visit to the bay....Vara and Nana had a good time bonding...

We went on tons of bike rides...this one we took the bike trail and viewed all the Indian Huts that are replicated all along the path...forgot my camera though.
Oh yeah!!--Uncle Mike was here all week! He brought his friend, Kate, who is really sweet and fun... We went surfing together. It was a blast, but I don't think Mike caught any waves. I told him he looked like a caterpillar on that board! Kate ended up catching some on her knees... :) I, on the other hand, stayed up longer than before...a whole 5 seconds! We also saw tons of dolphin...literally 15 feet away.
Nana and Papa got Reid some books for the trip. We learned all about shells and redrum fish.Today, we ended our time with another hike on the Bald Cypress Trail. We saw snakes and turtles again, frog and green herons, too.