Halloween Vacation on the Coast Part 1

We have been having some major fun down in Biloxi these last few days. We've been fortunate enough to spend the past week down on the coast with Jennifer's family and we still have several days to go. It's been an all you can eat seafood smorgasbord for me and I am in heaven. The weather has been really nice the last few days with highs in the 70s and a nice chill in the air every evening. Kenzie and Nana haven't wasted any time catching up. Here they are picking some satsumas off PawPaw's tree.

Picking out the right one...

 found it...

Kenzie really putting some leverage into it!

 Got it!

 Despite the cooler weather, Nana's yard is still beautiful. Here is  one of her flower beds.

  

This amazing oak tree is just across the street from Nana and PawPaw's. I've always been amazed at its size (age) and the way it leans. It survived Hurricanes Camille and Katrina!

Kenzie finally got to meet her great-grandmother Mable. She also loves sitting on her new pink stool-She'll run across the room and sit on it every time I ask her to.

 Kenzie got to help me with the pumpkin carving this year. At first she was a little leery of the gooey stuff inside the pumpkin...

She warmed up to it after a little while though....

 

I think our first collaborative work was quite a success!

 

Kenzie was just a little uncertain about the whole Trick-or-Treating thing..fortunately we were able to spend the evening at Aunt Amber and Uncle Stephen's. They literally have thousands of kids that come to their neighborhood for the festivities every year.

 

After a short time we were more confident and definitely got the hang of things!

 

We even decided to hug some of the inflatable Halloween decor...

 Kenzie kept stopping to inspect the candy in her basket.

 

All the walking and candy had Kenzie 'in the zone'. Fortunately Aunt Kathy was there to carry her back home!

 

Jennifer's Uncle Richard has a beautiful waterfront home and he invited us down to his pier for some fishing one evening. It was fantastic and Jen took some great shots-

 

We caught some beautiful speckled and white trout.

 Kenzie couldn't wait to spend her first afternoon on the beach. We loaded up with Aunt Amber and Uncle Stephen and headed down to Ocean Springs. They had a great playground just off the beach and Kenzie loves to slide.

 

 The view from the playground-

 

Kenzie's first few steps on the beach....

 and her first time to touch the water....

 

I just couldn't help myself!

 

My favorite of all...

  

Kenzie's having a great time...can't wait for the rest of the week!

As an aside I got in my first shipment of Christmas lights. I've got lots of work to do!

 Ashley