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Heading South/Biloxi Beach 2013

This was only about half of our luggage!
Why is it that I feel like I'm packing to stay a year, every time we go somewhere?!
 
Heading South! We left around 4:15 and the kids did great! 
They were tired and rested a lot.  We only stopped 2 times on the way down :)
 
I see the beach!!
 
Trey was being silly in the elevator
 
Their first look at the Gulf
 
Trey had fun making a castle

The girls were making one too!

I had to take a picture of this cute little seagull.  They stayed pretty close to us the whole day.
 
More playing in the sand
 
I'm not sure what she was doing here.
 
She was looking for shells.
 
The seagull (we named him Sully) was back again!

Trey's finished product.  I'm not sure what happened to the castle.
 
We spotted a sailboat, too.
 
For the first time in the history of our family, we decided to head South for our vacation this year.  This was kind of a test beach trip for us.  We decided to head to Biloxi, MS.  The kids loved it, and even though the water isn't pretty blue green like in Florida, it is clear...just shallow, and that's what makes it the color it is. 
 
Maybe next year we'll venture further east to Florida, but it was a very fun trip and we say lots of things we had never (as a family) seen before. 
 
"...And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus."  Colossians 3:17
 
Beth

 
 

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