The Tegens: Father's Day Weekend

This weekend was extra-special in that Lance was actually off on Saturday as well as Sunday (this has not been the case for the past month). We took the opportunity to go downtown and hit the farmer's market on Saturday morning. Sunday, we went out to St. George Island for the first time. FINALLY a beach I like! The last couple times we attempted to hit the beach from here (Tally), we ended up at beaches on a bay or inlet, not the actual Gulf. I miss the Atlantic coast beaches...but this place was great. Plus, the entrance fee (went to the state park beach) was only a $1 for Father's Day, versus the usual $6, which was a pleasant surprise.

Walking around while mommy was buying some fruit from the farmer's market

She just loves these flowers

We brought her tricycle instead of the double stroller or even the other single one for her. She actually did really well just staying on while Lance pushed her around. I wonder how long the novelty will last... :) Either way, it garnered us quite a few smiles.

Tommy just lounging in his stroller. It was HOT.

Maddy smelling the flowers. (We forgot her hat, so we just plopped Tommy's on her head...oh well!)

Don't pull the petals off!

Trying desperately to pull the flower off.

Happy Father's Day, Daddy! New sandals :)

The card we made him (excuse my spelling error...Lance is not a piece of yard machinery, rather a mower of lawns...lol ;o))

St. George Island. Couldn't ask for a more beautiful day!
--I really hope the oil doesn't make it's way here :o(

Way-cool umbrella set up that we picked up at Sam's.

Tommy before the water. His little UV shirt makes him look like he has no neck...lol

The view

Tommy before we went in the water. He even had his own little fan to keep him cool!

Way-awesome daddy!

Hard at work in the sand

Hard at work on the gnawing

She loves her "shubul"

The bucket is full!

Serious work.

The top had to be smooth and even

Swimming with mommy in the shallows. I would crawl around and let her "ride" on my back. The waves kinda scared her so she wasn't a fan of standing on her own.

Sitting on my lap as the little waves crashed was acceptable, too. :)

2 of Charlie's Angels? :)

Tommy even managed a short nap. Always the swaddle baby, though, we had to loosely wrap him in Lance's shirt. Luckily, the shirt is a very light fabric.

Manning the Tommy post while Mommy and Maddy swam.

Deep thoughts in her deep hole :)

Wakey wakey! :)

Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of Tommy in the water because the one time he was in, we were all swimming. He was good to go after the one dip and then I just went ahead and changed him back into a clean diaper. He did a great job of hanging out. His one nap was pretty short, but he wasn't too cranky, which was great. We were there for about 4 hours, too. He ate a couple times, but it was pretty hot, so I can imagine he was just as thirsty as the rest of us :) That was another bonus of the neat umbrella thing that Lance found...it made it easier to feed him without worry of flashing the rest of the beach ;o) Also, no family pics...we were having too much fun, I guess :) Lance said we should just photoshop one together from the ones we did get. At any rate, we had a wonderful day, and look forward to going again soon!

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