My brother, Thomas, and his family are vacationing in Galveston this week. They rented a condo (coincidentally, at the same location that Jonathan's family used to own a condo!) and are spending a few days relaxing as a family. They kindly invited us to spend the day with them yesterday. Jonathan was able to move his work hours around so he could join us, so the four of us went down to hang out!
Temperatures have been soaring here this week with highs above 100 and heat index 110+. I was concerned it would be too hot to really enjoy, but the breeze off the water and being in the water most of the day really made for a nice day!
We arrived around 9:30 yesterday morning and almost immediately everyone but Kristen and Hannah Joy headed down to the beach (HJ needed a nap). The tide was coming in, so there was a lot of seaweed, but nothing we couldn't manage.
Eli and Caleb checking out the water with their dads.
Eli was surfing : )
Our spot on the beach. Aaron wasn't a fan of being in the water (I think it was too loud), so he and I spent most of our time on the blanket eating a snack!
Around 11, we decided to have an early lunch. We watched some Walle, ate our lunches and let the boys play inside for a bit so everyone could cool off.
Trying to figure out that sword.
Can you find Aaron?
Two silly kids
Look, a ball!
Aaron currently enjoys being the bigger of the two babies. He's in for a rough time when Hannah Joy catches up!
The boys quickly ran off after we snapped the above pictures and had some fun playing on the bunk bed
Ugh, these boys make me nervous!
After our break, we went down to the pool. Eli and Caleb both have puddle jumper floaties (Coast guard and momma approved)! They had fun being independent in the water. It was Caleb's first time to use his and he LOVED it! He regularly told us not to touch him! This was Aaron first time in the water at all. It took him a few minutes to warm up to it and ended up loving it too!
Hanging out on the step as the babies got used to the water.
Leaning back and floating! He's not asleep here, just closing his eyes because the sun was so bright and he wouldn't wear his hat.
Ah....we finally got the hat on! Check out this cutie!
Mommas and babies
Check out Caleb swimming to me!
Aaron was amazingly calm in the water after he warmed up to it, so much so that he fell asleep while we were in the pool! I waited until he was sound asleep and found a shaded spot to let him nap. He slept over an hour!
It was too hot for me to nap, but I enjoyed relaxing and watching everyone else in the pool!
We got back in the water as soon as Aaron woke up...this is the perfect way to wake up, in my opinion!
I think it's Aaron's favorite too : )
While Aaron was napping, Eli wanted to get out of the pool and job into Thomas' arms. Caleb had never done that before, but (of course) wanted to do what Eli was doing. He quickly got the hang of it and got to the point of not wanting Jonathan to catch him! He liked his head going under the water when he jumped in. I can't tell you how many times he did this!
After a few hours (and many sunscreen applications) in the pool, we headed back inside for ice cream sundaes! Aunt Kristen had an amazing assortment of toppings and we all created our own masterpiece!
Hannah Joy got some whipped cream and Eli and Caleb had their own ice creams.
Aaron had some of my ice cream and then finished up with some cheerios, yum!
We had an awesome day with Thomas, Kristen, Eli and Hannah Joy! Thanks for letting us crash your vacation, we sure had fun!
***And a note on how tired we were today.... Caleb is just now waking up from a 4 hour nap and Aaron (who usually naps around 2 hours either all together or two shorter naps) is going on 3 1/2 hours!
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