Port Aransas

It was another fabulous, family trip to the beach. We took off on Thursday morning to our favorite Texas beach. This was one of the prettiest times we've been. The water was clear and the sand was clean and the temperature perfect. We did a TON of beach, pool, hot tub, and a round of golf!

Wes played great. Every time Wes plays he seems to really improve. This was the first game he started at the red tees and hit through to the greens.
Way to go, Wes.

Getting a little advice from Dad.

Killing time while waiting his turn to putt.

He had an amazing putt. He was running so fast to me this was the best picture I could get.

Watching to see if his putt goes in.

Playing with the iced towels was fun too.

Chilling in the golf cart.

Wes' favorite place to take a picture, in the shark's mouth.
Last year we saw a big enough shark in the surf. This year did not disappoint.
A fellow fisherman reeled one in. He was little. It was fun to have Wes see it so up close and even get to touch it! I so wish I had my camera for that one. Oh well.

The pool water was just right, not too cold and not too hot.

This year the waves were SO SMALL. There was one afternoon when they picked up and Wes got to ride in on a few fun ones.

New skim board.

Wes spent so much time in the muddy sand!

So sweet!

Root beer and dead fish!
What else could make a guy happy!

Wes said his neck hurt although he was not sunburned!!! He fell asleep with this cool water bottle propped on his neck!

Ferry ride home!

Movie and Nintendo at the same time!

We arrived home safe and relaxed! What a great time!

Cousins

Last week the family got together to celebrate Todd's birthday.
The cousins always have so much fun together!

Frog Fun

In First Grade the kids are learning about frogs.
Their theme for the year is centered around FROGs-Fully Rely On God!
They have tadpoles in the classroom and several of the students have brought in frogs and toads.
We have several toads that live in our backyard so everyday Wes goes looking for one hoping to capture it. Sunday evening after Wes went to bed I saw the toad on our back porch. Wes was so excited the next morning to find out we had him and he could take him to school.
He was so proud to show all his friends!

Releasing him back at home that afternoon!

Our Drug Dog

On Sunday afternoon Kodi got into my purse and found a pill bottle I had. We weren't sure how much he had eaten but the vet said we should really bring him in.
After cleaning him out, he seems to be feeling well!
I'm sure he's very sorry for what he did, especially after his vet visit.
Don't worry Kodi we still love you!

Kodi aka Knucklehead

The First Day of School

Wes had his first day as a First Grader on Wednesday.
He was excited to go after meeting his teacher the day before!
Waiting for the morning bell!

His new backpack

This was actually taken the day before school at meet the teacher.
Presley and Wes are checking out the cool, reading loft!

Great friends!

Wes' table with Caroline and Matthew.

Wes you have really talked a lot about how nice Mrs. Burcham is.
I am so glad you love your teacher already.

The Rest of the Summer in a HUGE Nutshell

Painting an airplane!

Painting a rock for our neighbor.
She had noticed all the painted rocks in our backyard and was wishing she had some!
Now she does!

Once a month our church has a family day I'd call it, but we don't meet that night for church and they want us to really focus on our time together as a family. We took that opportunity to head to the golf course. We were paired with the nicest guys! We had a wonderful day together and it never hurts that Todd and Wes played well.

SO SWEET!

We also did swim lessons again this year with Ms. Linda. She is amazing! Wes can do the back stroke, the freestyle, and the breast stroke WELL!

Here's Wes in action!

Todd and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this summer. We left Wes in good hands with all our family and headed to Port Aransas! It was SO wonderful to spend time alone and look back on the past years. Todd did a lot of golfing, I did a lot of reading, and we both did a ton of beach time and eating out! And don't forget sleeping in!
It's been an incredible 10 years! I look forward to many more!
I love you, my answered prayer!

Todd caught several trout! YUM!
Wish we had been prepared with a cooler to save them!

Wes is still a Lego nut! Here he is working on a huge one he spent all his money on!

Ok mom, really a picture of this?

We also spent another day on the lake! Wes caught several perch, swam, and retrieved golf balls out of the lake from the nearby golf course!

And he got to drive! Does he look like he's having fun?

And I can't forget that I took Wes and Kodi swimming!
Wes was so excited to see Kodi in the water.
Here's the guys swimming!

Wherever Wes would swim, Kodi would follow!

Wes had just jumped in. Kodi would also jump in everytime Wes would!
He would jump half way across the pool.

He made it to Wes!

Cannon Ball!

It's been a great summer full of many more days at the pool, having friends over, doing tons of water balloons, and (for me-lots of reading!) I'm a little sad to see the summer ending yet I know we will be so thankful for the routine of the school year!