Evans/Handley Beach Trip

Last week after Memorial Day we went to the Beach with the "college and career" from church. This actually turned out to be a trip that included: us and Meghan, and then Jason, Jessica, Kelsey, Megan, and Spencer Handley. We had beautiful weather and no rain, which was surprising after it rained on us the entire drive down.

We had fun in the sun...

Once again, Raylee loved the beach! Michael did not get to go with us when we went in March so this was his first time to see her on the beach since before she was walking. We sat under the tent, played in the sand, played in the ocean, all the usual stuff of course, but I think Raylee enjoyed rubbing sunscreen on our backs the most. (Don't ask!)

We went to Margaritaville...

and had a blast. Raylee enjoyed her dog shaped balloon for about 2 minutes and then after a little twisting/untwisting the cute little dog was now a snake. She then enjoyed it for a little while longer, swinging it and hitting anyone with in a couple of feet (notice the pics). After it was all said and done she had popped her balloon as well as Kelsey and Megan's... sorry girls! They also had a carousel that Raylee got to ride with Daddy. She was so funny. Every time she would pass by me she would throw up that hand and scream "ByE!"

And as you can tell, we NAPPED!

I caught Michael and he caught me. We took Raylee's pack-n-play for her to sleep in and we knew it would be a challenge since she has learned that she can climb out on her own. We literally had to lay down with her until she fell asleep and then put her in the pack-n-play ever so gently to keep her from waking up. We took turns putting her down for naps and bedtime so of course we each took our share of cat naps as well.

Raylee did so well on the ride down. She was awake the entire time on the way down, but was ready for a nap as soon as we got there. Then on the drive back she finally fell asleep by the time we got to Pelham, which only gave her a small nap before we got home. This is the picture of her asleep in the car...hair is a mess and passy has fallen out. Too cute!