Saturday, May 26, 2012- Ahh, the beach.

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Well after a super long day in our vehicle we have arrived at Gulf Shores, AL. This is our third trip with the all of the Riggs' clan (all 15 of us!). The last two years we have stayed in two separate condos at a resort type of place, but this year we have rented a beautiful house that we can ALL stay in together. The picture above is 5 of the 6 grandkids taken from the lower balcony of our house:) The kids did pretty good on the trip. Chloe did pee her pants when we stopped for lunch (NOT FUN) but the rest of the trip was pretty uneventful. We got to the house around 5:30 and then had supper and the kids just played and played. Well, Chloe got a little too involved in playing and decided to use the bathroom in her pants again, but this time it was the gross type of mess. So, my child who has not had an accident in months has two on the same day! She got a bath and she and I are enjoying some strawberry shortcake while the others walked down to the beach. She was not happy with me, but I think I am winning her back over with the strawberries:)

I want to thank you all for the encouraging words about our move in the next few months. We are very excited but also a little lot anxious about every thing that needs to happen in the next few months. We are really going to enjoy this week because I have a feeling it is going to be crazy when we get back! Our house is showing tomorrow afternoon and we are praying that this is the one! We had the house and deck power-washed yesterday and the house looks great, so we are praying they love it and we get an offer that we can accept!

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