Beach vacation!

Our week started out a little rough since Preston was getting over being sick and considering it was supposed to rain the entire trip, I didn't expect to be able to do a whole lot once we got to Galveston. Instead of driving the 6 hours from Fort Worth to Galveston, I had to drive three hours to Longview to meet up with my mom, memaw and sister THEN drive about 5.5 hours down to Galveston. It was a looooong day and it did rain off and on the entrie trip to the coast but we made it. Here is a picture of what we had to drive through just as we got to Houston in rush hour traffic...fun!

We had a blast and Preston loved the beach. We played in the sand and found seashells and even fed the masses of seagulls! I bought Preston one of the sun blocker shirts from http://www.uvskinz.com/ so I wouldnt have to stress about his pale baby skin burning. I love the shirt, it did it's job and made our days at the beach so much easier!!!

The island is still so devestated from Hurricane Ike so alot of things like the duck tours and the trolley that used to tour you around the island are shut down. Even Moody Gardens didn't have all the exibits going. The aquarium was still fun even if there were alot of things missing.

We took a cruise to the harbor and went by oil rigs, fishing boats, the coast guard station but most importantly we got to see dolphins...and lots of them! Preston loves boat rides and was so intriqued by the water and dolphins swimming next to our boat. We could have spent all day on the boat and he wouldn't have cared a bit!

My mom, grandmother, sister, nephew, Preston and I had a really good time at the beach and it was so special to be able to go on another "family" vacation with all of them! Of course Brian and I were both bummed he couldn't be there but we drew him a note in the sand to make him smile :)

At the end of the week, this sums up how we all felt! It was good to get away, but definately exhausting!!