Last Thursday after Cooper's school program, we headed to Gulfport for the 4th of July weekend. Matt's family always gets together for the 4th so it is packed full of family, beach, and pool (thanks to Uncle Jan and Aunt Kay's condo).
We had a big 4th of July lunch at Matt's parents and then we headed to pool/beach for the afternoon.
The kid that HATED every minute of swimming lessons (thankfully they are over) can swim...he did not put his floaties on once last weekend and swam all over the pool and beach.
A couple years ago Matt and I decided to organize a family 5K and the tradition has continued. I ran earlier so I could hang with this guy...he ran .75 miles and then took a golf cart ride back home to eat a popsicle and wait on everyone else.
Who wouldn't want to run with this cute kid?
Mary Martin was happy at home eating popsicles too...she didn't even attempt to run.
They did do an awesome job holding the finish line ribbon...
Cooper pointing to the first finishers...
And the winners are Kyle and Kenny...actually Kyle finished earlier, but he was too fast so the ribbon wasn't ready for him. He got some water and went back and ran back in with his dad and they ran through the ribbon together...
Jim was the course marshall...he and the girls rode around and picked up anyone that didn't want to go the whole way.
The golf cart was very popular...
James, the first kid to finish!
Love all the exaggerated finishing pictures...
Annie, second kid/first girl to finish. Anna Lauren's excuse for not running is that she didn't have any tennis shoes. Honestly, I didn't know we were going to do this or I would have packed her some tennis shoes.
Cooper decided he wanted to run a little more and finished with Spencer. He was funny...Kenny finished without his shirt so Cooper thought he needed to take his off too.
After the race and lunch, we headed to the beach for a little while...Anna Lauren wanted to ride the aqua cycle and talked some others into going to ride with her.
Let's just say there were a lot of smiles and giggles, which made it all worth the $40!
There was a lot of pushing involved with the aqua cycling...
What would we do if our kids had any fear?
Doesn't get much cuter than this...such a good picture of these two cousins!
This kid was having the best time!
Just carefree and loving life...love capturing these moments!
And this is how the aqua cycle ended...Matt and Kate pushing it to shore.
Not sure why I thought I could get a picture of the three of them...
And we ended the day with a little swimming in the condo pool...and stunting, and jumping, and flipping...
Sunday we headed back home and were back to reality this week!
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