Port Aransas Vacation

We took our very first family vacation in May to Port Aransas. Our good friends, the Woodruffs, suggested the hotel we stayed in. It was perfect in that it was a little apartment-like hotel, complete with 2 bedrooms/2 bathrooms, a living room, full size kitchen, washer/dryer and back patio. It was like our own little living space. Of course the hotel had a pool, four in fact, a water slide and it was right on the beach. We loved, loved it!!!

Here, we stopped at a t-shirt shop to check out the giant shark and take pictures. As you walk through the belly of the shark, you are able to enter into the store...cool, huh? These sharks were everywhere, so we just had to stop and let the kids play. Hello, we're tourists.



Sunscreen!!! This process undoubtedly takes forever, especially for Mck...she likes to wiggle and squirm the whole time. Hold still, sister!


We took so many pictures at the beach, many of which were of the same shot, but different facial expressions. I thought I'd spare you of that and just highlight the big stuff. On the second day, a tractor came through and scooped away all the seaweed. Cayden of course loved being that close to a real-life moving tractor and I was thrilled to be rid of the seaweed. After, we had beautiful, squishy, fuffy sand perfect for making sand castles.

Of course dad did all the work

the best part about building sand castles is knocking them down

Mck, that's what a fish looks like

posing

Mck is transitioning from the beach, having just rinsed off, and headed to the pool. She's rough looking, but oh so cute.

The pool was fabulous and was my favorite part. I'm not a beach girl, unless of course the beach is white and clear, so I loved the pool. Mck kept embarrassing me. You see here, she was fascinated by the water dripping from her bottoms. It looked as though she were peeing the way it dripped from her and she repeatedly kept bending over watching. Mck, stop!!! Well, one time I think she did pee, but still, I was so anxious the whole time. Good times.

Lunch!

Snuggle with daddy