{"id":9420,"date":"2013-03-29T14:49:42","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=9420"},"modified":"2020-09-20T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T18:30:54","slug":"spring-break-2013-iphone-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/29\/spring-break-2013-iphone-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Break 2013- iPhone style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe our week at the beach is almost over.  Boo.  It&#8217;s always so hard to leave.  I&#8217;m just getting warmed up!<\/p>\n<p>Blake, Cole, Eva, and I took off Friday morning and headed down to the farm.<\/p>\n<p>Must be nice to tune it all out&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8579597801\/\" title=\"Must b nice to tune out the noise #springbreak @balakay_k by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8104\/8579597801_4500192335_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Must b nice to tune out the noise #springbreak @balakay_k\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Farm means horses<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8579943573\/\" title=\"First stop- the farm #springbreak13 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8232\/8579943573_dc7717dff0_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"First stop- the farm #springbreak13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello Pretty<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8580090067\/\" title=\"Hello pretty girl- spring means muddy horses by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8111\/8580090067_c4ac65807b_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Hello pretty girl- spring means muddy horses\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The girlie found an old bridle<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8583097516\/\" title=\"My little farm girl in training found a very old bridle #barn by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8531\/8583097516_25a4f63c2f_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"My little farm girl in training found a very old bridle #barn\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was the first long car ride that she was good.  What a relief that was&#8230;.hoping the trip back goes just as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8582759607\/\" title=\"Florida here we come! by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8505\/8582759607_149c316b94_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Florida here we come!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We stopped in Birmingham for the night.  And the kids hit the pool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8583557903\/\" title=\"Down they go @balakay_k by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8105\/8583557903_41e8d75544_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Down they go @balakay_k\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8583563115\/\" title=\"Oldest\/youngest @akennemer1 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8235\/8583563115_5f299c5649_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Oldest\/youngest @akennemer1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8583579805\/\" title=\"Jump!  @akennemer1 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8384\/8583579805_24cac524ba_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Jump!  @akennemer1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next morning we hit the road again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8586515134\/\" title=\"Wants to drive with the windows down the whole way by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8382\/8586515134_6e38993559_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Wants to drive with the windows down the whole way\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And later after we arrived in Watersound, we hit the pool again<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8585961471\/\" title=\"A little pool time before beach time by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8392\/8585961471_e72ca7b37c_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"A little pool time before beach time\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have never seen the water so rough here.  It only lasted a couple of days<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8587257060\/\" title=\"I have never seen watersound this rough #stormsabrewin #30A #springbreak13 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8386\/8587257060_e26395abb6_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"I have never seen watersound this rough #stormsabrewin #30A #springbreak13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It snowed at the farm- Barley sent me a selfie<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8588357371\/\" title=\"Sent from the farm- I hope Barley doesn't know we are at the beach by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8371\/8588357371_1a67ca5dda_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Sent from the farm- I hope Barley doesn't know we are at the beach\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I felt a little bad we were enjoying the sun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8588698271\/\" title=\"Bubble bubble pop by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8088\/8588698271_fab81d4a39_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Bubble bubble pop\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8589660621\/\" title=\"Want to go for a ride? I'm a great driver! by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8248\/8589660621_59142caf6c_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Want to go for a ride? I'm a great driver!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8590995532\/\" title=\"On the screened porch with my girlie #springbreak13 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8231\/8590995532_a0c7b124a5_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"On the screened porch with my girlie #springbreak13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eva loved this dead cockroach.  She said it was her friend and the best pet ever.  She accidentally broke off a couple of its legs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8589931515\/\" title=\"Eva says her dead cockroach is the best pet ever-  see his two legs on the table?? by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8240\/8589931515_416e705432_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Eva says her dead cockroach is the best pet ever-  see his two legs on the table??\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beach<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8589979165\/\" title=\"3 out of 4 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8511\/8589979165_53f569f8f4_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"3 out of 4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have spent a lot of time on the back screened porch.  This house has so many porches.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8593754582\/\" title=\"A chilly day at the beach means we hang on the porch and eat popcorn by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8106\/8593754582_1caa287e10_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"A chilly day at the beach means we hang on the porch and eat popcorn\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We take a lot of night trips around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8593080175\/\" title=\"Moon over watersound by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8511\/8593080175_f89132e531_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Moon over watersound\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8594268340\/\" title=\"A perfect night in #watersound. #springbreak by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8523\/8594268340_a708031b51_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"A perfect night in #watersound. #springbreak\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8595999371\/\" title=\"Nighttime trips around the hood by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8370\/8595999371_0e129776a2_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Nighttime trips around the hood\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/junemakessix.blogspot.com\/\">Tiffany<\/a> and her family came to visit.  The girlies were so funny together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8597060618\/\" title=\"Pack them in by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8227\/8597060618_09ec99d7ca_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Pack them in\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8600672318\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8094\/8600672318_138b1b9328_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599572641\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8089\/8599572641_c409fcf52e_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>June left her pink princess sunglasses and someone borrowed them<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8600675148\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8095\/8600675148_1a6bd77c09_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The week started winding down and we started to get a little sad about leaving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599117012\/\" title=\"Eva and I are starting to get the last days of vacay blues #springbreak #watersound by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8087\/8599117012_753215afbb_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Eva and I are starting to get the last days of vacay blues #springbreak #watersound\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This little dude is my biggest fan (although Andy says HE is)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599138108\/\" title=\"My biggest fan #boy3 by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8505\/8599138108_8556b61d9d_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"My biggest fan #boy3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunset<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599334458\/\" title=\"I love a 30A sunset by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8228\/8599334458_c9d6a20328_z.jpg\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" alt=\"I love a 30A sunset\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599557529\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8228\/8599557529_a650d6cd47_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8599559503\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8518\/8599559503_1ffcd1259d_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/elisalou\/8600661154\/\" title=\"Untitled by elisalou_designs, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8526\/8600661154_eb041e2ef6_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Off to enjoy our last day at the beach- tomorrow we start heading back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t believe our week at the beach is almost over. Boo. It&#8217;s always so hard to leave. I&#8217;m just getting warmed up! Blake, Cole, Eva, and I took off Friday morning and headed down to the farm. Must be nice to tune it all out&#8230;. Farm means horses Hello Pretty The girlie found an old bridle This was the first long car ride that she was good. What a relief that was&#8230;.hoping the trip back goes just as well. We stopped in Birmingham for the night. And the kids hit the pool. The next morning we hit the road again. And later after we arrived in Watersound, we hit the pool again I have never seen the water so rough here. It only lasted a couple of days It snowed at the farm- Barley sent me a selfie I felt a little bad we were enjoying the sun&#8230; Eva loved this dead cockroach. She said it was her friend and the best pet ever. She accidentally broke off a couple of its legs. Beach We have spent a lot of time on the back screened porch. This house has so many porches. We take a lot of night trips around the neighborhood. Tiffany and her family came to visit. The girlies were so funny together. June left her pink princess sunglasses and someone borrowed them The week started winding down and we started to get a little sad about leaving. This little dude is my biggest fan (although Andy says HE is) Sunset Off to enjoy our last day at the beach- tomorrow we start heading back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Q14A3096copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17688,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9420\/revisions\/17688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}