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August 23, 2009
Summer's last hurrah
We spent last week in Gulf Shores, Al, enjoying the sand, surf and Tropical Storm Claudette with family friends. Rather than try to recap a whole lot of laying around and hole digging, I'm just going to do a The Numbers: Gulf Shores 2009 a la Chris.
Without further ado:
States visited: 5
Hours in the car: 25
Days spent in swimsuits: 7
Tropical storms headed our way: 1
Times we ordered pizza for dinner: 2
Pounds gained (by me): 4
Days the kids slept in: 1
Days the kids claimed they slept in: 7
Times kids got up in middle of night: 0
Sand castles built: 4
Pictures taken: 487
Clams caught: 1,386
Clams released alive: 1,385
Clams found the next day in the beach bag: 1
Times we talked about doing this again next year: 6
Hours spent talking to other adults while Apple products entertained the children: 9
Hours enjoyed: All of them
Next up: Jamie's first day of 1st grade. Sometimes I can't believe that kid is mine!
Posted by me at August 23, 2009 10:04 AM