Seth and I went to Gulf Shores with my parents and my aunt and her family a couple weekends ago. It was sooo nice to be able to just relax and be lazy! About a year ago, I booked us a 3 bedroom condo at Phoenix West in Orange Beach. Thanks to booking so far in advance, I got like 30% off the normal rates, so we got a pretty good deal! This was our first time to do the condo thing...usually we go the hotel route...so we weren't totally sure how we would like it. It didn't take us two seconds when we walked into the condo to realize that we had hit the jackpot! It was amazing!! The decor was beautiful, it was extremely spacious, and it had a gorgeous view of the ocean! After this condo, I don't think we'll ever be able to go back to the hotel route.
Phoenix West from the Beach
Kitchen 
Our Bedroom
The Living Room
We had a very nice weekend to be at the beach. There was some rain a couple of afternoons, but we still had plenty of good weather to enjoy the sunshine! For the most part, the beaches were very clean where we were at. Seth did find a few tarballs in the water. But the sand was white, the water wasn't oily, and there was no smell. We did see the crews out at night cleaning the beaches, but it was nothing that interrupted our fun. Here are a few more pictures from the weekend.
At Lambert's enjoying our rolls!
Luke devoured his!
Arrgghh!
