Happy Birthday Kelsie

Happy Birthday

Kelsie!

Ainsley's Birthday Party

Caleph and I went to Ashley's house this past weekend to celebrate Ainsley's 2nd Birthday! She had a poodle cake that Ashley made, too cute! Ainsley loved opening her gifts. The kids played and had a big time. Their neighbors came over and took the kids on a carriage ride. We come back home Sunday. I'm still exhausted!

Gulf Shores Get-Away

We decided to go to Gulf Shores for Labor Day weekend. We left Thursday after school. Caleph was soo excited about going to the beach! Our condo was right on the beach and within walking distance of several places. On Friday, we caught several blue crabs and let Caleph play. We decided to eat lunch at Hooter's and Caleph fell in love! Dinner at the Oyster House. On Saturday, the waves had increased due to Hurricane Gustav. Caleph caught several jelly fish and Jeff caught a skate, pretty neat looking! Of course, Caleph and Jeff ate at Hooter's again for lunch...Caleph's idea. Dinner at Cosmo's and it was great. We stayed up past midnight catching sand crabs by flashlight. On Sunday, the double red flags were out and people were evacuating. We started packing the truck and Caleph was not happy, except he found a couple of pirates! We decided to eat lunch and get fuel before we braved the traffic. We finally found a store open to get a hermit crab and Caleph named it Gustav. The traffic was backed up from Foley to I10. We stopped in Pascagoula and the city had already turned the main water off and they had no fuel, ice or water. In Hattiesburg the gas station lines were packed. We stopped in Jackson to eat dinner at the Cracker Barrel. It was packed with evacuees and we were in there for about 2 1/2 hours. After making it home, I think we received the worst of Gustav's rain. Caleph is ready to go back to the beach!