When the Redskins lose

We are a house divided, but only when it comes to NFL football. Hank is a Redskins fan and I'm a Cowboys fan and it makes for some interesting times around our house. Hard as I've tried, Cutter has ended up a Redskins fan. Since the kids have a set bedtime they don't get to see the end of the night games, sad to say but I usually fall asleep too. The morning after the Dallas/Washington game Cutter wanted to know who won and this was his response to the Redskins losing. It broke my heart to see him so upset, but not to the point that I didn't think to grab my phone and snap a few shots, priceless.

So true

I saw this one day on facebook and it was too funny to not share. I'm pretty sure every mom on the planet can relate.This is honestly my life and may explain why we don't go out very often.

TS Karen

Tropical Storm Karen formed a few weeks ago and for a little bit it looked like we were going to get a direct hit. Luckily, the storm fizzled out before it got close to land and the most we got were a couple of cloudy days, some waves for the surfers, and good practice run for us getting storm ready.

Still a pretty sight.

Happy surfers.

 

NB Sand Sculpting Festival ~ Finished sculptures

Sailor and I went back over to the beach the last day of the festival to see the finished sculptures. It's always pretty amazing to see what they have managed to create with just a pile of sand.

The sculpture below ended up getting first place. I have no clue how the judging is done because it certainly wasn't one of my favorites.

I believe this one was voted fan favorite which didn't surprise me much, it was pretty interesting.

NB Sand Scupting Festival 2013

Fall in this area means the tourists are gone and there are tons of activities and festivals taking place. The sand sculpting festival is held right here in Navarre and we love to go each day and see the progress being made on the sculptures. The artists start on Friday and have set hours they are allowed to work. These pictures were all taken Saturday afternoon.

 

This was one of Cutter's favorites, pirates.

Outdoor play

Anyone that know ours dogs will find these pictures quite entertaining. Izzy loves Daisy and loves nothing more than to go outside with her to play. Usually their play involves Izzy jumping all around (sometimes even over) Daisy, growling and biting at her ankles, trying to get her attention.

As mean and aggressive as they may look in these pictures, neither dog would ever harm anyone.

  Daisy always responds back with her mean face although she has not one time ever growled or bit Izzy. They both absolutely love this. 

These are the faces you get when you interrupt their play.

Pure sweetness.

Night fishing

When my parents were here visiting, the guys decided to go late one afternoon to do a little fishing off the beach. The girls had not originally planned to go but when they sent us a picture of the first shark they caught we decided to ride over and see what else was being caught. Hank ended up catching another little shark once we got there.

Tourist are gone and the beaches are empty.

Cutter was thrilled when he finally got something on his line.

Even though it wasn't anything we could keep, he was still quite proud.

Cutter's stingray.

Dad caught a remora, can't do a thing with those either.

We got a beautiful sunset to end the day.

Mom and Sailor found some turtle eggs while walking the beach. We weren't real what they were at first and decided to call the Sea Turtle Conservation folks and let them help us out.

Turns out this was the remnants from a last years nest that the wind had exposed.

We were so relieved that a current nest had not been disturbed, and it turned out to be a great lesson for the kids to see first hand what a nest looks like and real turtle eggs.

   Keepers; bluefish and flounder.