A Much Needed Rest

We spent last week in Port Aransas, by Corpus Christi.  It was a family affair; my brother and his girlfriend came plus my sister and her husband and my mom.  We stayed in some condos on the beach and we spent lots of time playing on the beach and in the water.  Both our boys are beach babies.  They have loved baths, sprinklers, hoses, pools, and especially the ocean since they were born.  The beach combines two of Travis' faves: water and digging.  He indulged in both the whole week!  And Justin really held his own against the waves and other obstacles.  He never ventured too far in, but he loved watching the waves swirl around him.

 

We spent one morning at the Aquarium in Corpus Christi.  It was just the right amount of adventure for our laid-back gang.  Justin is watching a sting ray here.  He was telling Randy all about it!

We watched a diver feed some of the fish in the tank and then we were able to take a picture with her afterwards.  It was interesting watching the diver communicate with the person talking with us outside.  She used lots of signs that we understood!  And then at the end she signed to us that Justin was really funny because he kept putting his mouth on the glass and licking it.  That's the kind of thing you want to get noticed!

Here is everyone watching the fish in one of the bigger tanks.  Both boys really enjoyed the fish.  Justin even tried "chasing" them.  It was a close race!

Justin did a little walking around.  He is getting really good at this!

This is my brother Jon and his girlfriend Olivia.  They were petting sting rays here.

Here we are ready to watch the dolphin show.  Olivia loves dolphins so this was one of the favorites. 

One of the days we rented golf carts to drive on the beach.  These are the electric carts that are painted with various designs.  This is the Aggie one we would have gotten, if the rental place had been open!

These are the ones we got instead.  Perfect for cruising the beach and having a picnic lunch.

We even strapped Justin's car seat in the second row and I squeezed along side of him.  We didn't go very fast, but it was fast enough for a certain little boy to fall asleep!

Too cute!!

He perked up when we found the perfect tide pool for lounging, digging, swinging, riding the skim board, and swimming.

This is back in front of our condo.  I think this might be my favorite picture of Justin.  He loved driving this truck across the sand.  He is kissably sweet!

And we learned why we don't build our house on the sand like the foolish man!

Both boys love swinging and Jerry is quick to oblige.

But this is what happens when you swing upside down...

Justin got cold from the water and wind so he needed some cuddle time with Uncle Jerry.

This is in front of one of the stores in town.  It's a shark of course, but Travis pretended to be Jonah in the whale!  Those were some pretty serious teeth!

When it was time to pack up and get ready to go home, the boys helped by pretending to sleep on the pad for Justin's pack and play.  Good helping!

It was a good vacation with family who we don't get to see very often.  We taught Travis how to play Yahtzee and Rummikub, and he did very well.  Sleep was still a problem, but having extra hands made it better.  The mosquitoes were horrible and we all ended up being bitten more than once.  The boys started complaining about being covered in sun screen and then bug spray.  The mosquitoes knew where to lurk, and their favorite spot was where we cleaned off after coming up from the beach.  Vicious little buggers!