Crabbing with the Condies

On Friday night we got to have the ultimate "locals" experience - we got to go crabbing.

 Ellie, Libby, Kailey, and Shaun getting the traps set.

 Lexi and Decker enjoyed stuffing their faces in the stroller for a good part of the time.

 Brad and Libby doing some prep-work on the beach.

The kids all had tons of fun combing the beach for all kinds of hermit crabs and other fun creatures.

 We caught some!  Hard to see, but there are some little ones in the net.  Unfortunately, you're not allowed to keep them if they are less than five inches across, which most of ours were.  So, by the end we only got two that qualified - and even then, it was a generous 5 inches!

 Shaun taught Brad how to throw out the shrimping net, too.  As with most things, Brad was ridiculously good after just one try.  Sometimes it's so annoying being married to him! ;)

 Once out of the stroller, Lexi made it her sole purpose to try to fling herself over the side of the pier.  She was a climbing fool and was a complete handful!

 Shaun with one of our two qualifiers.

 Evidence of a great time - the dirtier, the better, right?!

 Just across the way we found a cool fountain/pool area that the kids loved.  There were signs that said "no swimming", but honestly, if that doesn't call out, "swim in me", I don't know what does!

 Ellie was the first of the half-naked kids...

 joined shortly thereafter by Lexi...

who then one-upped the deal by going buck naked after the completely saturated diaper was no longer viable.  And kids aren't supposed to play in this?!  Are you kidding me?

We loved crabbing and once we finished, we headed home for an authentic home-cooked meal of shrimp (caught by Shaun previously) and grits, and a few morsels of crab that we managed to scrape off our not-quite-5-inch crabs!  It was delicious and so much fun! Thanks, Condies!