Family Vacation - Port Aransas 2009

Over the 4th of July, we took a family vacation with the Blackburn's to the Texas coast. We stayed in a condo at The Sandpiper in Port Aransas. It has convenient beach access with shaded canopies & chairs set out each day. This is definitely the way to do the beach! Jeff wheeled our "wagon of fun" down every morning, set up camp, & we enjoyed it off & on all day long. Ella & Landry had 4 full days of beach fun - jumping the waves, swimming in the ocean, building sandcastles, flying the kite, looking for seashells & playing games. Rilyn fit right in and loved her 1st trip to the beach, too - she was so happy & content. Heather's niece, Lauren also went with us, as our babysitter. This was wonderful, because the adults got to enjoy a couple nice dinners out while the kiddos played in the condo & got some well needed sleep after the busy days outside. Lauren also rested with the kids while they took their afternoon naps. Therefore, Mommies & Daddies got to relax on the beach with cold drinks & some "red neck" golf & bocce ball. How nice! Ella was great & really liked her vacation to the beach. She is already asking to go back.
I LOVE beach pictures & always take a ton...since toddler's actions & expressions are priceless (in my opinion), there are a lot of good ones. I am going to post quite an assortment. Until next year...enjoy!
Ready for Vacation!

1st Day at the Beach

1st Evening Out to Dinner
Another Beautiful Morning at the Beach

And Some Afternoon Fun

Go Red Raiders!

Date Night - Dinner at Venetian Hot Plate

3rd Beach Day

Fun in the Condo

Happy 4th of July!

What a fun summer vacation! Ella gave it a big thumbs up!

And, just a note on the band-aids...we've been through about a box and a half in the past week. She scraped both of her knees when she fell at Schlitterbahn last week and "can't walk without the band-aids." So, we kept reapplying new ones after every bath. Since we've been home, we are down to 1 band-aid. The goal this week is to get rid of the other one!