Gulf Shores 2

Okay, these pictures are long overdue for posting! Sorry I have taken some time off from blogging the past few months...things around my house are always hopping and blogging was one of my activities that seems to have taken a backseat lately. So please excuse the fact that my next few blog posts will be basically catching up over the past few months. This post is pictures from our beach trip the end of June to Gulf Shores. Larry spoke at a youth retreat that week and the kids and I tagged along to hang out with him. Our good friends the Rial's family happened to be going the same week so it worked out perfectly! I absolutely LOVE the pictures of ML her best friend KB! These two dearly love eachother and have conversations that grown women could have! Hilarious! Little Luke and Joe play sweetly together too!

Here are some pictures from the oil spill recovery effort. We did not get in the ocean because of all the oil washing ashore the week we were in Gulf Shores. You can see in the above picture the clean up crews that would basically take shovels and fill huge garbage bags with the oil soaked sand. There were points in the week that the water looked like there were massive amounts of blood in the water because the oil was so thick and deep red. Then once the oil washed ashore the water looked completely clear.

This is a picture I took one evening walking along the coast. So very sad.