{ Family Vacay in Orange Beach }

Ann invited the whole family to go on vacation to Orange Beach together this year.  We thought it was a great idea and it turned out to be tons of fun!  The kids had a ball and we all enjoyed seeing Cora beth experience the beach for the first time.

We stayed at Turquoise Place, which was perfect for us.  The condo was gorgeous and plenty big, with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.  We had lots of room to spread out!  It also had a hot tub on the balcony, a few pools and a lazy river that the kids loved.

Here's Cora Beth helping us get settled.  Such a little cutie!

Here's the main area of the condo, before it got too messy.  :)

They loved the hot tub on the balcony.  So relaxing!

We had rain (like pouring down thunderstorms) on Wednesday and Thursday, so we did a lot of this.

We also spent some time at the outlet mall while the weather was ugly.  Cora Beth especially loved the tiny carousel.  

Thursday evening it cleared up enough that we were able to eat at Lulu's.  The kids loved playing in the sand and climbing the Mountain of Youth.  We went straight to dinner from the outlets, so I didn't have a good camera with me.  These iPhone shots were the best I could do!  :)

Here are the girls getting strapped up.  Harrison didn't want anything to do with the Mountain of Youth.  He just hung out in the sand with Cora Beth.

 She's checking things out!

And he's Hula Hooping!

The kids always throughly love Lulu's and this time was no exception!  Thankfully we were able to enjoy the beach and pool on Friday and Saturday.  I'll post more tomorrow.  Picture overload coming soon!