Dauphin Island

Here are a few pics from our trip over to Dauphin Island, AL. This is one of those things we've been saving for cold weather. It was a perfect day for the trip, here's Nolan to tell you a bit more......

We decided to get out early and try to catch the first ferry of the day. We were running a bit late, and had only seen the ferry back in the summer when it was packed and there were long lines to get on board. So we were speeding up Fort Morgan Rd......and end up being the second car. Anyway, we were glad we made it aboard.

We've been doing quite a bit of biking the last few weeks, now that it's a bit too cool for the beach. That is another civil war fort, Fort Gaines, in the background.

Shoes. And socks. :( It was a bit cool in the morning, but all week long we were sort of dreading that on Saturday it was only going to get up to 60. But, 60.....is really not too bad ;)

There is a cool Estuarium on the Island, that we got to check out. Amelia found here favorite fish pretty quick. There was a bunch of other cool stuff....things...fish, but most of our pictures turned out pretty bad. I even used the aquarium setting on the camera, I mean.....

She's got skills

Amelia doesn't like to be left behind. Nolan decided he would take his training wheels off last week, and Amelia, of course, wanted hers off as well. So this was her weekend to prove she could do it.

With a few instructions from Dad, she took right off and figured it out in a day.

Not bad for a three year old.

Nice Day for a Bike Ride

Today was a beautiful day, so we went for a good bike ride. We eventually made our way to the pavillion in Gulf Shores to eat our lunch.

Nolan is the one who gets to ride on the co-pilot, and Nick and Amelia get to ride comfortably in the trailer behind Dale's bike.

Trick or Treat

Everyone had lots of fun trick or treating on Friday night. Nick was the cutest puppy ever!

Amelia had fun in her princess dress, and Nolan was pretty good at being loud on his whistle as a lifeguard.

Chris' Blog

Ya'll gotta go check out Chris' Blog:

http://christoefurjames.blogspot.com/

He put up some great photos from last weekend.

Visitors

Chris Gadgett came for a visit this weekend. We didn't take many pictures....I just got the impression that Chris was trying to hog all of the shots, so I just backed off and put our camera away. I think we squeezed in every possible fun place there is here. We made it to Johnson Beach, Pensacola Beach, and the Wharf...quite an accomplishment for two days.

Everyone who knows Chris, knows how much kids love him! You can tell by how Nick is letting Chris hold him. Nick usually runs and cries from anyone "new" who tries to pick him up. Thanks for coming,Chris...we all had tons of fun! (Oh, yeah, and next time bring some shorts. Come on....it's Florida.)

We also got a weeks visit with my parents a couple of weeks ago. Nolan was so excited to do lots of fishing with my Dad. They had good luck with catching the little guys...if you want the big fish you have to go where the sharks are!!!!!! The kids were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa.

~Brooke

Birthday Flowers

These beautiful flowers were sent to me for my birthday by my mother-in-law. Now, Marilynda, you can see the boquet you picked. Lillies are, of course, my favorite, and it is also full of brightly covered roses and carnations. So thank you very much!

In the background, you can see Nolan and Amelia reading the newspaper. Just kidding....they are actually tracing the people in the pictures of the newspaper.

~Brooke