I meant to blog about our trip earlier but after a very busy Thursday (the night we got back into town) I have slacked a tad and am just now getting to post. We were in Port Aransas at this place called Beachgate (http://www.beachgate.com/ )that we found 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Wesley. They have 5 different units you can choose from and we have stayed in 3 of them and this year's unit was the nicest and roomiest of the 3 that we've stayed in but it is the farthest from the water and in order to get a gulf view you have to stay on floors 3 or 4. We were joined by Justin's brother Robbie and his wife Marianne and their kids Mary Grace(4) and Cade(1). Justin's parents and his other brother Scott and his wife Michelle and their daughter Ashley(2) came to visit a few of the days. Vanessa(23), our niece, also came to visit Tuesday and Wednesday. It was nice spending time together.1. Did we have a good trip? YES...the trip went very quick and the kids rode very well. As usual Kate looked forward to getting to the ferry and we saw tons of porpoises while riding it.
2. Did we have a great beach experience? YES...I was very weary of how the beach and Wesley would mix this year since last year he spent the majority of the time trying to eat the sand. But this year since he was much more mobile, the sand didn't even impress him. He and his sister have a new found LOVE of the water!
3. What was Justin's favorite part of the vacation? Probably the most obvious..NOT HAVING TO WORK! Although chasing around 2 young kids and heading up 3 flights of stairs each time you leave your condo keeps you pretty busy so maybe it wasn't easier than working...so his favorite part would be fishing with his brothers and seeing how much Kate and Wesley loved the fishing experience. Kate even bought a little fishing net to hold the fish. What can I say? He recruits them young!
4. What was my favorite part of the vacation? I, too, must admit that my normal 'job' must be too easy b/c keeping up with the kids and all their excitement was much more exhausting than any late night project I've ever had to deliver =) My favorite part of the trip was seeing how much Kate and Wesley both loved the beach and the ocean and the fishing with Justin. You see, I have this issue with ocean water (well actually any kind of body of water that I can't see my feet in..we just don't mix). So I was pleased that my kids haven't been influenced by my yuck factor. And fishing....well, I too, don't really enjoy fishing...I don't have an attention span long enough to sit and wait for some little creature to decide to bite a hook. However my entire family LOVED to fish. My dad was probably a year shy of being a Pro Fisherman, my grandpa Sam was like Justin in that he could sit for hours and wait for a nibble, and my grandma still loves to fish well into her 70's. So to see that my kids have this bond was pretty cool!
5. What was Kate's favorite part of the vacation? Definitely the FISHING! She couldn't get enough of it. Then it would be MARY GRACE. She loved spending time with Mary Grace and running around the condos acting like kitty cats and watching movies together. They played hard! She also loved having Vanessa there. On Wednesday morning Vanessa, Kate and I had a pancake breakfast on the island and went to a little shop to do some shopping. She and Vanessa had a good time looking for things to bring home. Vanessa left with some cute flip flops and Kate got some sand dollars and a t-shirt. Kate reminds me a lot of Vanessa so it was cool to see them together even though there are 18 years separating them!
6. What was Wesley's favorite part of the vacation? The seagulls! On Wednesday we took the kids and some extra hamburger buns to feed to seagulls early in the morning before other people got on the beach....you hate to send thousands of seagulls around other people who aren't as thrilled with them as you are! I have never heard Wesley squeal with excitement so much. He thought they were so cool and when Justin put a piece of bread on Kate's head and the seagull swept down to get it off her head, Wesley laughed hysterically. Kate laughed after the fact =) 
This one is so cute of my little man...he was zonked! He played so hard but he sleeps so well (as long as we remember to pack his blue blanket! I think that thing is going off to college with him!)7. On the way back home we stopped in Victoria to show Justin our new rent house. Did he love it as much as Kate, my grandma and I did a few weeks earlier? YES...he was very pleased and not only loved that the house is slightly bigger than our current house (minus our HUGE back yard now) but he also loved the proximity to his work and the kids' school. When we took him by the kids' school he was extra amazed. It is a beautiful place of worship and you can tell that they adore youth. We are very excited for them to start their new school and make new friends!
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