Trip home!

Another self explanatory photo.  We had been driving for awhile and I was bored and I'm pretty sure I was getting on his nerves!!

World's smallest fish

Well, maybe not the smallest in the world, but the smallest we have ever seen!!  They were swimming around in the tide pools in groups of two.  Isn't it the weirdest thing?  The boys loved it!

Group photo---good luck with that

We try every year....this is what we got. They are self explanatory don't you think?

Paddle Boarding

I wish I had more pictures than just these two. I spent more time videoing the experience than taking pictures.  These boys worked and worked on getting up on the boards.  It was a really difficult day to paddle board in the ocean (we later learned, I mean like 2 days later, that you were supposed to put the boards in the sound---really hard to do in the ocean) the waves were huge, sharks in the water and choppy waters past the breakers.  David eventually got up for a minute or two but I'm pretty sure Kevin didn't get up past his knees.  Staying on your knees was the best way to stay on the board and in control, especially in the choppy water.  We had several folks to gather on the beach to watch them attempt to paddle board!

Noelle and I gave it a shot the next day.  The conditions were much better but it was still really hard to do.  The boys had to help us get the boards out past the breakers.  The boards are HUGE and very heavy and I was afraid of the breakers sending the board right into me!  Once out past the breakers I was able to pop right up.  I was so scared and my legs wouldn't stop shaking.  I was scared of being that far out in the ocean and there were dolphins swimming right within an arm's reach of my board.  I wasn't afraid of the dolphins but I was afraid they might knock me off the board and into the water with the sharks.  I mean we saw a 4 foot shark in less than a foot of water so I could only imagine how big they were a half a mile off shore!  When I finally calmed down the experience was great.  I would do it again but I agree with the locals, it would be more fun in the sound.

B.R.O.T.H.E.R.S.

 Nice, right?

 Much better!  This was one of my favorite beach pictures ever!  They are great friends and I know they  miss each other.  I hope our boys will one day have the same relationship.  Noelle and I are two very lucky ladies.

Cutie pies.

Pause a minute and take it back...sniff, sniff

Look at how this young man had grown!

More AI adventures

 Who knows what this guy was up too.  This picture makes me giggle, does it even look like Lucas?

 These guys are buddies and played so well together for 2 weeks.  Hunter loves his Eli.  Wish we saw them more often.

 A night of roasting marshmellows and making s'mores at the Beach Club.  Hunter and David had a chance to do this last year but it was always too late for Lucas.  This year he was able to rock through the evening with the rest of the clan.

 Took our bikes everywhere!  I love that we can bike all around the island.  Next year we might could  go without the golf cart.  It is helpful to have taking all our stuff to the pool and it is a fun toy to tool around the island on...but the Simmons love to bike.  Just look at Hunter go on his new big boy bike and Lucas was doing his best to pedal on the bike trailer.

 Here we are feeding the turtles.