This year we decided to take an extended weekend family vacation to Port Aransas with my parents. We rented a beach house (Starfish) with boardwalk access to the beach and a fenced in yard for the doggies. The kids had a blast. Ry loved playing in the water and the sand, although he wasn't too thrilled to have salt water splashed in his eyes. He especially loved rinsing off under the hose at the house after returning from the beach and playing in the sprinklers. I wish I had snapped more pictures. I managed to miss many photo opportunities on this trip, or maybe I was just having too much fun to bother with the camera. ;) I even forgot to take pictures of the fabulous meals we enjoyed at Castaways, mom's homemade shrimp tempura and the insanely delicious mac and cheese. Our last night there we went to Sharkey's. The bar was blasting 80's music for the Port Aransas class of 1986 reunion. We found it odd that they were celebrating their 26th reunion...not to mention Sharkey's had some interesting billboards on the walls (see pic below). All in all we had a nice, relaxing vacation at the beach, which also made for a great Father's day weekend. :D
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| Day 1 - first time on the beach! 6/14/2012 |
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| Evan and Emma venturing into the sea |
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| rinsed off and happy |
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| rubbing the baby buda belly |
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| Day 2 - family pictures 6/15/2012 |
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| super windy on the boardwalk |
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| Perfect! 6/15/2012 |
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| kiddos |
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| fun in the sun 6/15/2012 |
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| having fun with daddy's hat 6/16/2012 |
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| Day 3 - heading out to the beach cooler style 6/16/2012 |
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| making sand castles...then Ry would smash them 6/16/2012 |
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| skim boarding |
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| view of the beach 6/16/2012 |
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| Day 4 - such a ham 6/17/2012 |
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| Breakfast at Island Cafe - Happy Father's day! 6/17/2012 |
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| sleep beach baby - on the way home 6/17/2012 |
