Another great family vacation!
Almost every year for many, many years, my Perez grandparents have been taking us to the beach for a family vacation. I am so happy and thankful that my boys can now take part in this tradition. They had a blast playing in the water and the sand, and they spent a lot of time with Grandma and Grandpa and the other family members.
Dustin, the boys, and I drove in one night early. Southern and Dustin took off of school on Friday so that we could have another day at the beach. We spent the night at the Best Western Ocean Villa and enjoyed our stay. Upon waking up on Friday morning, we ate breakfast and the boys got in a dip in the pool before checking out.
After we checked out, we went around town to the different shops.
We got Southern a new shark t-shirt since he had outgrown his from last year. We loved being able to pick out a shirt in whatever color he wanted and then put whatever design on it that he wanted. We also picked up a shark tooth postcard that had all of the different shark teeth labeled on it, a shark tooth necklace for Southern, and a Diego sea turtle book for Remington. We visited the candy shop just to see the live rattlesnake. Surprisingly enough, neither boy was interested in going in until I mentioned the snake. Dustin told me not to buy any more "junk" so I picked up a sterling silver toe ring and sterling silver anchor earrings for myself. ;) Our last shop of the day was Port A Outfitters so Dustin could stock up on live shrimp.
Then we made our way to the condo for check-in.
After unpacking and visiting with the family, we headed over to Tricia's condo for a spaghetti supper. After we ate, we hit the beach. What fun! All three boys ran (or crawled) and played in the water and sand until it was too dark to see. We left Dustin out there fishing as we made our way back in to shower and go to bed.
The next morning, we got up to make breakfast for the family. Southern and Remington helped by shaking the pancake mix.
After breakfast, we played games with the family.
Then we applied our sunscreen and headed out to the beach once again. Baylor took his nap while the boys played and I read part of my book. He was soon up though and ready to play as well.
We spent much time in the "HO boat" as I call it ;)
After a few hours on the beach and several minutes in the pool, we were ready to come inside and relax in the AC. We took our showers and got dressed. Dustin got the fajita meat and headed down to the BBQ pits to cook our supper.
We visited with family, and Grandma read a few books to the boys while we waited for supper to be ready.
After we ate, we celebrated Trey's birthday (Sept 4) and Dustin's birthday (Sept 9) with a cake with strawberry filling. Yum!
We hit the beach again before bedtime. When we woke up the next morning, we started packing. Dustin and Southern also went out to the beach for one last swim.
After a group picture (which was missing Dayne, Joy, and Sammy), we loaded up our cars and headed over to St Joseph's for church. After Mass, we drove to Corpus Christ for lunch at Joe's Crab Shack.
What a fun family beach vacation!
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