A Day at Mexico Beach

The first Friday of the month is Park Day for our home school group. This summer we decided to choose places we could swim. This past Friday we had Mexico Beach on the schedule. This was the first time we did a beach day for park day! :)

It looked like it wasn't going to suit many people, and we only ended up with 4 families, but there were still 19 children there!! :)

We stopped by the Pickron's on the way down, to drop off the string trimmer they loaned us. And we ended up taking Dylan along in our vehicle.

We were the first ones there, so we got to pick a spot and get settled in!

Danny, Dylan and Tamara wasted no time getting in the water (after the sunscreen was applied)!! 

We watched in jealousy as people went para-sailing :)

The guys are so unsociable! ;) Ok, not really....

Titus, Sylas and Julya had fun playing with sand toys.

The big boys take a break for supper.

And back in the water they go! 

There were some nice size waves that were fun to ride, but the water was so brown from all the rain we've been having and then all the rivers flowing into the Gulf! :(

Julya was having a blast catching water in her mouth!! :)

My Mom friends....Jill Smith, Brandy Hunter and Kay Pickron. (poor Hannah, on the far left, was not feeling well! :( )

Danny took a picture of Roy sleeping and then posted it on facebook! :D 

I laughed as I watched Faith walk up to these two boys and shake her finger at them while jabbering a whole row! They looked quite stunned! ;)

Kayla taking pics of the sunset....

And Ashley doing the same....I'd love to see the shots they got!

Hi Dan!! :) And look who woke up! :)

The guys behind them were getting set up for shark fishing! Just as we were ready to leave at dusk, they caught one and after reeling for a long while, it got away! :P
 They used kayaks to take the bait anywhere from 1/2 - 1 mile out! That's a long way to reel in if you do get a bite!!

Goodbye Mr. Sun!

Tamara and her friend, Shaunna Hunter

It was a good day. Made it even more perfect since it was Dan's day off!! :) This was the first beach trip we took this summer!! And hopefully not the last!