Gulf Shores w/ the Brinke's

At the end of June, we went to Gulf Shores, AL for the first time with the Brinke's.  The oil was really bad there, but we had great company and the kids had a ball!  Matthew and Erik had a meeting, but the Moms got to live it up! ha  We only went down to the beach one day because of the oil and tar balls.  We couldn't get in the water, but the kids had fun running from it!  It took us 15 min. to clean the tar off our feet coming back up from the beach!  Not fun with 30 toes to clean!  Asher and Anna are great ages in relation to my kids and made instant BFF's with Mattie, Layla, and Gunn.  Once again, little Clara didn't make this trip.  It was also cloudy most of the time there,  but we did get sunshine on our waterpark day.  Sadly, I didn't get any pics of this day. :(  Here are a few of the other pics tho! 

 Running from the oil!  

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Tar balls...EWWWW!!

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Future trouble for us parents!  

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Best Buddies for life!!  
We hope to have many more trips together!  We love the Brinke's!!