This is our last day at the Island House in Mississippi. A great getaway coming to an end!

We started the day relaxing on the porch drinking coffee. We adults were chatting and just relaxing, then we decided to head to the beach for family pics.

Unfortunately the one day we decided to pics in the morning the sun came out bright and beautiful not covered by any clouds.

The end result were some squinty eyes and bright faces…gonna need to try that again later!

The guys headed out then to golf at Shell Landing, they’ve been trying to go all vacation, but the weather hasn’t cooperated. They made it out today, and played a fun game with tons of animals watching! 🐍🦌🐢🦗

We took the kids downstairs to gut and pull the meat from the crabs we cooked the night before!

They had a blast and even got a little science lesson in!

After all that work, they had three small bowls with meat barely covering 1/4 of the bowl!

We decided to do some sightseeing in the town of Ocean Springs. So we headed out! We saw massive beach houses with beautiful balconies and lots of windows. We stopped at Front beach to walk the pier and got frozen yogurt!

When we got home we packed, napped and relaxed while waiting on the dads. When they arrived we headed out for more kayaking and fishing! We decided to let the kids kayak in the ocean after discovering it was only waist deep even 300 yards out, so they enjoyed kayaking around while others fished.

There were a few fish caught, even a crab, but then… we spotted dolphins! 🐬 Mich, London and Ry jumped in the kayaks and started chasing them. They got super close and enjoyed floating near them. The rest of us watched from the beach.

After the chase we cleaned up and headed in to rinse off the kayaks and get them stored for checking out, then it was time for take 2 of family pics!

They came out fantastic! We had a blast being silly and making memories!

We recreated pics from our beach trip three years ago too!

It has been such a great trip! One more fun task before we head out and go our separate ways!

A hot dog roast!!! 🌭

And s’mores! 🍫

It was the perfect end to a fabulous vacation! After one more game of its in the bag, we headed out! We are traveling halfway home tonight and they will leave in the morning.

It has been a great vacation together!

Friends are chosen family!