Beach Day

On our family bucket list for the year we included a trip down to the beach. We've lived here in Texas for 5 years now. We thought it was about time.

So, Good Friday was the day! With the kids off school and Russ off work, it was a perfect choice.

Even though the drive is supposed to be 3+ hours we decided to just do a day trip, rather than staying the night somewhere down by the beach. The actual drive time was more like 4 hours because we had to go through downtown Houston, and of course there was traffic. Even in the middle of the day on a holiday. Blah. Next time, we'll probably turn the trip into an overnight one. (Plus, it would be REALLY nice to have a place to wash off all the sand from our bodies before driving several hours in the car to get back home.)

Luckily, our girls are pretty awesome road trippers, so the long travel hours weren't really a problem. The weather was lovely, the waves were fun, and we had a great family day together.

One of the highlights of the day was taking the ferry over from Galveston to the Bolivar Peninsula (some of our friends recommended a particular beach on the Peninsula). McKell was a little disappointed to learn she'd be seeing a FERRY, rather that a FAIRY, but she loved being on the boat.

Apparently I really like to take pictures of, and tell stories about McKell, because here she is again. We really had to work to coax her into the water because she was having so much fun gathering seashells in the sand. 

Waves are fun. The beach had some pretty awesome ones. Big ones, too. So big, in fact, that both Kaylee and I had our sunglasses knocked off by waves.

I promise Ashlyn was there too, I just missed her in all the water pictures somehow.

We like Texas. My sister lives in Canada. On the same day we were enjoying the beach she was taking pictures of the snow in her yard. :)