Sun, Sea and lots of sand..

hya,

We planned to get up early yesterdaymorning to go to Gulf Shores and watch the Sunrise.
So Jasmin stayed the night with us and so did Lauren (the falk's 'step-granddaughter')
But we were kind of late so we had to watch it from our backseat in the car. We went to walk alongside the lagune, and later on went to a beach. We played in the waves and then decided to get us some breakfast. I'm still not used to the amount people eat, and I still can't believe how much they eat. I'm really not a breakfast person, more a 'once-in-a-while-breakfast-person' but that people can eat that much that early in the morning..
Anyway we had breakfast and then went to see Dave. He's Lauren's stepfather and the Falk's youngest child and son. He was working on this building down Gulf Shores so we run by to say hi! After that we went to see if we could go to Waterville/Waterworld. Its a kind of park where children can play with water, they've got pools, and so on. But it wasn't open untill today, so poor Lauren was dissapointed.

We went to another beach and stayed there 'till two o'clock. Sand was everywhere, in the car, shoes, bags, clothes, ears, noses, hair, eyes, everywhere. And all of us, exept for Jasmin, got sunburned. We had made sure we put sunblock on us, even a factor 35.. but still.. Larry's 'milkbottles' are red right now, my back's sunburned, Birdie's face and neck's burned and and Lauren's arms got a tiny bit burned. We'll survive. There was a breeze on the ebach so you wouldn't feel the heat on your skin, and some people said its because of the ozon. We've put stuff on it to keep it cool, and we'll be fine. Although it didn't feel that good when all the brothers and sister hugged us this morning. .(auw..sorry!) Normally I think its a good thing, we should do that in the Netherlands as well (HUG!!!) but not with a sunburned back..

We went to a souvenirs shop after the beach. The doors were in a shark's mouth as you can see on the picture. They had really nice stuff in there, bought Jasmin and myself a necklace and some other things. I could have bought so much more but I'm still Dutch and I thought it was too expensive. I can make the things I saw by myself if I want to! They even had Hermit-Crabs in painted shelves. But they didn't smell that nice..

I've made a lot of pictures. I'm so happy with my camera, you can make the greatest pictures with it, as long as you know how to setup the camera.. and I kind of discover something new every time;)

I've posted most of the pictures I made yesterday on my blog, and some of the pictures Birdie made (you can see the difference, in Birdie's pictures there's a date) so that you'll see me as well;)

Birdie and Larry are going out to see whether they can find a swingset or not. That'd be fun for Lauren when she's here. And I got a dress that I'd ordered for the dance the 17th of June. (finally)

Tomorrow we'll feed the brother who's giving the talk (Jehovah's witnesses have someone from there own congregation or another congregation of the witnesses's to give a public talk on the meeting each sunday before they study an article from the Watchtower) and after that we've got 'gameday' (just have fun, talk, play american football/soccer/volleybal). It's a barbeque with the congregation.

Only a few days left before I go to Kansas City, Missouri.. I don't know if I'll be able to post as much on my blog as I do now those 2,5 weeks. Don't know if I can use the computer that much when I'm staying with Tina. But you'll hear from me and I'll put it all on my blog as soon as I get back!

Love (a cripsy sunburned) merel