Shrimping

We went out on Raymond's boat to do some shrimping.  We woke up at 4 am and got to the docks before 6 am.  The kids helped load the boat.

Then we were on the water by 6:15 am...Reed was there too!

Marcus and Reed got along very well, they spent most of their time at the front of the boat...it was a good place for them; they were out of the way.

Girls on the boat...too fun!

Emma got a little sea sick so she stuck close to her Daddy for a bit.

We've got shrimp!

Raymond shows us how it's done.

How cool is that!

Olivia dug right in to help take their heads off...Marcus helped too.

Olivia loved every bit of this.

Everyone pitching in.

Olivia was the hardest worker of the kids for sure...Emma got a pass since she was so sick poor thing.

Olivia takes this seriously...love her work ethic.

I even got in there too...I have every one's cell phones in my pockets by the way...I saw this and thought I was having another baby for a minute there!

Family photo...love this!

All the boys...or men I guess :-)

We got our limits pretty quick and headed back in.  Raymond let Emma drive which I think really helped her.  She was able to focus on one point ahead of her so she felt much better.

Marc made sure she was going the right way...she did really great.

This was the highlight of Emma's day.

Marcus, Olivia and Reed rode up front...it started to rain too so they got a little wet.

Raymond went to check on them.  What a good captain.

We got back to the docks by lunch.  The kids posed in front of Raymond's boat.

Raymond showed them all the cool sea life that sticks to the docks.

Time to leave the Marina.

Then back to Raymond's to clean the shrimp...don't those look amazing!

The kids helped every step of the way.

We were all so tired by the afternoon; we took hot baths and crawled in our PJs and just relaxed the rest of the rainy day.  It was PERFECT!