Beach Trip August 2012

In lieu of attending their first week of school, we went to Florida for a little beach time!  Patrick's parents took us.  We (meaning me, the boys, and Ann) drove 18.5 hours to get to Indian Shores, FL, which is about 20 minutes from Tampa.  I had never been to this part of Florida before and really enjoyed it!  Our house was directly on the beach.  Just lovely.

The boys had a great time.  Charlie was active guy and pretty much stayed in the ocean the whole time "fighting" waves.  When not in the ocean, he was playing baseball or building sandcastles.  Collier was on the move at this point, so he crawled everywhere on the sand and put all sorts of stuff in his mouth.  His favorites were seashells.  Yum!  It was a perfect trip.  Thank you to the Allen's!

Spicewood- June 2012

The boys and I headed to Spicewood for a week recently.  Lots of swim time, golfing, baseball, golf cart rides and swinging was to be had. Thanks to Babo (and Pops) for letting us crash for the week!

Lake Texoma

 This pretty much sums up our trip!  LOTS of pool time, boat time on the lake, bounce house fun, hot tubbin', bubble bathin', babies sleeping and splashing and tons of family togetherness and FUN!  A huge thanks to my mom and dad for such an awesome trip.   

Port Aransas 2012

This years beach trip landed us in Port Aransas, or "Port A" as the locals call it.  We wanted somewhere we could drive to easily with the boys.  We stopped in Spicewood on our way down and did the 8 hour drive back straight through... any more than that would have sent us over the edge, I think.  Port A ended up being the perfect spot!  (And, it was strategically chosen because the closest town, Corpus Christi, has a Children's hospital... luckily, we didn't have to use it!)

We went through VRBO for our rental, which ended up being perfect for our family!  It was the back 2 bdrm, 2 bth apartment of a vacant house.. so we got to use the decks and yard all to ourselves and still be in a cute community.   

Our first night there, we went to the original Waterburger and went to the the Corpus Christi Hooks game... they were playing to Frisco Roughriders, which Charlie is a fan of. 

 The best part of the trip was, of course, the beach.  Much better than Galveston (in my opinion) and not crowded at all (at least in mid-May, that is the case).

 Other favorite activities included taking the ferry across the bay, feeding the seagulls, splashing in the ocean, and flying a kite.  And, going to the Texas State Aquarium.

 Until next time Port A!

Beach Babies

 Collier- age 6 mths.

Charlie- age 3

Is there anything cuter?  

Full post from our beach trip to Port Aransas coming soon!