Beach Day

Galveston Beach 2014

Also Jaxton's first beach trip.  He wasn't a fan of the water.

180/365

we didn't go to kemah again today, but i had to share this picture.  i didn't take very many pictures of our vacation because i wanted to soak up every minute of it (aka i had 3 kids to chase and it was 198* outside).  here's the scoop of the entire weekend though ...

we arrived thursday evening at a secret hotel.  my parents had gone to houston thursday as well, but none of us were invited.  we were to just meet them friday morning so we could all go to kemah together.  we're not dumb.  so we went thursday evening to avoid friday morning traffic from home to houston.  my sister and bro did the same exact thing.  so we were all within miles of each other in another city and had no clue.  bahahahaha!

so friday, we met at the hotel we all stayed at together and then headed to kemah.  we rode rides.  and rode rides.  and rode rides.  waited 50 forevers for the train.  slurped up some icees.  stood in the misters.  found any air conditioning we could find.  ate lunch at some buffet type place.  walked through the aquarium.  fed the eels.  played in the splash pad.  then headed back to the hotel 6 hours later.  we swam.  went to dinner at some mexican food place who stole the name of our favorite restaurant in the history of restaurants.  then swam some more.

saturday, we ate breakfast at the waffle house.  be still my heart.  those pecan waffles were amazing.  we swam some more.  and then headed to a fun place down the road to play 198* putt putt, laser tag, climb rock walls, bumper cars, bumper boats, and all kinds of other games.  we spent lots of money and had lots of fun. 

after that, we were all exhausted.  my parents came home with us and the sis & bro went home.  they're party poopers and couldn't handle any more of this.  it was a GREAT weekend.  it was one of those "i need a vacation from my vacation" vacations. 

179/365

a super fun {HOT} day in kemah with my family.  i'm in love with family vacations.  and ferris wheels.

. sea world 2011 .

we haven't really taken a real family vacation, but we decided this year we'd go to sea world san antonio.  we made it a vacation by staying 2 nights in a hotel nearby.  the girls had the best time!

we had gymnastics that evening, then headed to san antonio.  i think it took almost 4 hours to get there, so the girls were wiped out.  as most kids do, however, they hyped up a little when we first arrived.  mykah is definitely my child.  she loved the hotel bed!

the next day, we got up and going.  sea world opened at 9am, so we wanted to be there early.

i got them these super cute matching outfits so they would be easy to spot.  obviously i know nothing about sea world.  within 20 minutes of being there, we were changing into swimsuits and spent the rest of the day in our swimsuits.  the outfits were pointless, but were still so very cute. 

sea world was so much fun!  we can't wait to go back.  the girls had a blast!  i didn't take my camera b/c i didn't want to have to worry about losing it or getting it wet and i really just wanted to have fun.  we made it until about 6:30 that evening, then the girls wore out.  mykah fell asleep during the shamu show that we went to at 5:00.  they enjoyed the rides, which surprised me.  kiddie rides, but still.  roller coasters.  karsyn and i went on the river ride.  mykah didn't like that she wasn't big enough.  all in all, we had fun and will be going back next year!

. 190/365 .

. galveston beach 2011 .

we're not really beach people, although i LOVE the beach.  and that absolutely makes no sense.  maybe because my children are small and i'm not able to relax like you're supposed to, which is exactly why we go for one day.  the girls love it, which makes me enjoy it while we're there. 

i think sweet baby ate more than she played.  ok, maybe not, but it seemed like she did.

and this is probably my favorite picture from the trip ...

ok, maybe it's this one ..

or this one ..

ok ok, one more ...

obviously we had such a great time, as usual.

. 186/365 .