Brooker Beach Vacation 2014

Brooker Beach Vacation 2014 was filled with so many fun and memorable times this year!  We went to Little Gasparialla Island for seven days.  This was Karsyn Blair's first beach trip!  She enjoyed the beach for short periods of time...and ate lots of sand!  Marlee Grace is a true beach babe!  She LOVES the beach...the water, the sand, the sea life, etc... She swam many hours in the ocean, built many sand towers, hunted and caught many crabs and sand fleas, fished, had water balloon fights with Daddy and got quite a good tan as well.  Both girls enjoyed boat rides...especially when the boat was going fast!  On Monday, it rained all day so we had a fun shopping day in Port Charlotte and on Wednesday we went to downtown Boca Grande.  In Boca Grande we had lunch and ice cream, took the girls to see the lighthouse and big banyan trees, and shopped a little in the cute stores there.  We all relaxed and enjoyed down time for the week and made many memories together which we will forever treasure!  :)

Karsyn Blair's first boat ride!

While Karsyn Blair and Daddy took an afternoon nap, Marlee and I played on the beach

 Uncle Frank, Megan, and Easton were fishing in Boca Grande on Sunday and they came by and visited us on the beach...Marlee and Easton were very excited to see eachother!

Shopping day...we hit up Target first! :)

Of course, Marlee's horses came to the beach with us!  She never leaves home without a horse!

My creative girl and her sand tower!

Hmmm this sand looks interesting!

I think I'll try it!

Karsyn Blair loved listening to the waves crash!

More fun playing in the sand!

Using the beach to try and master crawling!

Sweet sisters playing under the umbrella

Beach babes

Karsyn Blair loved nightly walks on the beach in the Baby Bjorn

Marlee set up a barrel race for her horses!

Still trying to master crawling

Craft time...coloring seashells

Catching crabs with Daddy

Dock fishing :)

Crab catchin'

Family Picture Evening :)

Marlee's happy place...digging in the sand :)

Marlee Grace LOVES for Daddy to throw her way up high!

I love watching them play together

Karsyn Blair would get so sandy every time we went to the beach :)

Mmmm yummy sand

Marlee made many trips hauling water in her bucket up to the beach

Admiring all the snook in the water

Sandbar fun!

Marlee loved walking around at the sandbar and finding baby sand dollars and starfish

Fishing at The Trussel

Ready to go to Boca Grande :)

I got an ice cream cone and wasn't paying close enough attention to it and this sweet girl grabbed a handful of ice cream before I knew it and shoved it in her mouth!  She definitely liked it and got cooled off!

yummy ice cream

Swinging at the play park 

Water balloon fight

Playing with her friend,  Katie

Riding on Daddy in the water like a horse

Katie's family is always at the Island when we are, so we have gotten to know them pretty well and always enjoy spending time with them.

Admiring Marlee swimming in the ocean

The boat captains

Riding on Daddy's shoulders to save her feet from the hot sand

The Island Pool ;)

One afternoon we took a boat ride to Miller's Marina for an ice cream treat :)

The boat ride from Miller's back to the house put them both right to sleep!

Lots of fun Island adventures were had with Daddy

Happy baby :)

Home sweet home with a very tired and tan Marlee Grace!