This last weekend we packed up, what seemed to be, the entire house into the Denali and trucked it on down to Galveston. We went with Doug and Vanessa. Christian calls us her entourage.
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| Christian's Entourage |
Doug wasn't feeling too well (ie he was hungover) and Jake and Vanessa just chatted away in the back of the car. Parker did really well too. She talked, slept and talked some more. Vanessa kept her entertained when needed.
We arrived around 1, knew our room wasn't supposed to be ready until 3 so we went to grab some lunch. After lunch, we headed to Wal-Mart. I hate Wal-Mart and this trip was not the exception. It was testing my patience. But, we had time to kill. We ended up with a boogie board for Jake and the rest were necessities.
We finally made it to our overpriced and now, overly gross condo. Did NOT look like the pictures they posted online. And "newly renovated" had a half inch of mold in our shower and the crappiest of crappy sheets and towels. Our sheets didn't even fit the bed and the first night Christian got up to go to the bathroom and when she got back in bed, she slept under the fitted sheet. She was only a little grossed out.
The first day at the beach was great! Parker loved it, tried to eat sand and seaweed and was entertained for a good 20 minutes, maybe more. She didn't like the sand in her diaper or the rinsing off in the shower.
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| After the 1st Day |
Jake and Doug spent a lot of time together. They threw sand at each other, chased each other and body surfed. They also explored and pulled little creatures out of the ocean. They found a stringy looking starfish, snails and other mollusks.
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| Playful Boys |
Vanessa had a pinterest idea. We attempted it, but looking at it, i'm realizing they were too far away from the camera. Oh well, it was fun.
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| Pinterest Photo |
Parker really enjoyed the water. We all took turns making sure she didn't drown. Vanessa and Doug sure do love our little Parker. Parker wouldn't admit it, but she loves them too.
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| Parker and her Ti Tia (pronounced Cha-Chia) |
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| Parker and Uncle Doug |
The goal of Doug's for the trip was to build a ginormous sand castle. Turns out, it was the hit of the beach. Everyone stopped and looked at it. They spent almost the entire day on it. Building moats, lakes/ponds, and fixing turrets that collapsed. Jake liked the "rustic" look of them, but Doug wanted perfection!
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| The Sand Masters |
Fortunately, Saturday was our first/last long day at the beach. Sunday came and so did thousands of dead fish. Turns out, there was some red tide, i'm assuming further out in the ocean. It stank and we were all glad it was time to go home. Mostly because we needed to shower to get the funk off of us. You just can't get clean at the beach.
One of the main reasons we went was for our boy. He loves the beach. Although he said he didn't have enough time, I think he had fun. He was definitely fun to be around.
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