Galveston Part 3

I am not sure why but for some reason I took very little pictures Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Monday two of the families had to leave to go home and since Kaylie was depressed that her best friend Garrett had to leave we took it easy and relaxed. We decided to have lunch out and sight see some of the parts of town we had never been too. We actually went all the way down to the end of the road. I was shocked at what I learned about the location of where we were and how things operated in this part of the world. Definitely a cool thing to see even though to most it wasn't much of anything. Our other objective for this particular afternoon was to get little miss to sleep. With her partner in crime around she refused to lay down and after figuring out how to climb out of her pack in play we realized this was our only chance at getting her to take a nap. She slept for over an hour while we drove around. Made for a nicer afternoon.

Chocolate Goldfish...We would have to say this is her second favorite food next to Cheetos. If we don't have one she wants the other. Say a prayer if we don't have either of them. Unfortunately, we found that out the hard way.

I personally like the chocolate fish hanging out of her mouth.

This is what happens when someone leaves their plate unguarded. I know my mom is cringing at the sight of the birds right now.

Her only nap the entire trip. She feel asleep patting her baby to sleep. She had changed her diaper and wrapped her up in her blankie before passing out herself. So sweet how loving they are to their dollies.

Tuesday July 6th

Dinner at Salt Water Grill. Absolutely delicious. If you look at the plate in front of Jason and look closely you can see he was enjoying a plate filled with chocolate fish. Worth every penny.

After dinner we took out Kaylie's scooter so we could show off her skills. She was so excited to have everyone watching her. I have never seen such a big smile as everyone cheered her on. She loves all the positive praise and attention.

Her cheering section peering over the third floor balcony.

One very proud grandma. Poor thing had a little mishap and broke her arm. She was a trooper and still took everything in stride. We love her very much and hopes she feels better soon.

Wednesday July 7th

Our last full day was spent at the beach enjoying the water. Since I had my camera the few times before I decided not to bring it this time. I would say it was a huge mistake if it wasn't for the weather. What we didn't realize until the next day was that another tropical depression was on it's way in causing the yucky weather we had that day. Thankfully, we were able to play in the water before it got bad. The crazy part was the strength of the waves and the location of where the waves were hitting. The water was almost up to the fence. If you look at previous posts you can see where the fence is in location to the water on a normal none tropical depression day. The next day the water actually passed the fence. I don't know how people do it but after seeing how much rain a tropical depression can bring Jason and I could not stay there for a hurricane.

I was sad I did not have my camera because our last day to play in the water was by far the best. Kaylie did anything and everything. One she was covering her daddy with sand and next she was bear crawling across it trying not to get bull dozed by a wave. The waves were incredibly strong and almost took me out a few times so you have to imagine how she would do. Surprisingly, they did not stop her. Right as daddy rolled into the water calling started rolling right along with him. I am telling you...fearless. She may be scared at first to do something but once some time has passed and she is comfortable their is no stopping her from doing it over, and over, and over, and...you get the point. We had so much fun playing it was hard to say goodbye. We were just glad we were able to leave on a good note. We had planned to go the next morning before we left but couldn't because of the monsoon like weather. This way we did not leave feeling disappointed.

We ended our trip with a family dinner to our family restaurant Rudy and Pacos. Definitely a great way to end a great trip. Thank you so much Jo and Papa for another fabulous vacation. We appreciate it more than you will now.