Beach Anyone?

We took advantage of my boss being out of town this past weekend and borrowed his new beach house in Galveston, TX. He gave us full permission to use all of his "toys"...margarita machine, industrial belgian waffle maker, golf cart, etc. etc. I have to say that the HIT of the entire weekend was the golf cart.

When we first got there, we unloaded, got dressed for the beach, packed up the golf cart and headed down the street to the beach. Let me paint the picture for you in a little more detail. We headed toward the beach around 2:30 p.m.....in Texas....in August...with a heat index of 110.....with NO wind whatsoever! We brought the boys shoes, they weren't wearing them. The minute their feet hit the hot sand, they were screaming. I was trying to get their shoes on and at the same time I was trying to get their feet in the water to cool them off. Well, Jace does not particularly like the beach...we learned this from our trip to the bayhouse a few weeks ago. I learned that he STILL does not like the beach.

We were at the "private" beach for this neighborhood and with no wind blowing whatsoever, it was very peaceful UNTIL we showed up.

Within 5 minutes of us being there, I was sweating profusely, the boys hadn't stopped crying, Brittney and her friend didn't want to get in the nasty water, but DANG IT...we were going to the beach and we were going to have fun!!

I said that we needed to go back and get the big umbrella. So we all loaded back up for the 1 minute ride back to the house...Brittney and her friend informed me that they didn't want to go back to the beach, they just wanted to hang out and ride in the golf cart. I looked down at Jace and Cade with their beet red little cheeks, I was soaked and miserable, and I gave them both a HIGH FIVE!!!

I love it when Brittney and her friends are sensible. So we played on the golf cart all afternoon. I let ALL of the kids take turns driving. Brittney drives like a maniac...heavy on the gas, that's for sure. I don't know if I'm going to be able to teach her how to drive, it may be a job for dad! Her friend, Morgan, was a little grandma driving.

Brittney and her friend kept telling me how much fun they were having and that this was the best part of the trip.

When the sun went down, we made it back to the beach. We only stayed for a few minutes so I could snap some pictures to prove we actually went!


Then we made virgin pina coladas in the restaurant style margarita machine. They were PERFECT!

Then we decided to have breakfast for dinner...bacon and WAFFLES! That machine was so easy and the waffles came out perfect. We decided to have them again for breakfast the next day!

We had to head out kind of early Sunday morning because Brittney had a birthday party at 3. But we managed to have time to eat lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. I was anxious to see how the boys reacted to all the stimulation. We had been trying to explain to Jace and Cade what was going to happen at the restaurant. I kept telling them that I would be right there and it was going to be OK.

Well, a few minutes into our dining experience the "rain" and "thunder" started. Cade immediately clung to me and covered his ears at the same time. Jace kept saying "my heart go beep beep"... "my heart go beep beep". The MINUTE it was over, they were totally fine.

This is a picture of what a $13 dessert looks like...it's called a VOLCANO! They shout it out when it comes out of the kitchen. That place is banking, I must have heard it shouted 20 times in the 45 minutes or so that we were there.

We couldn't even take Brittney there when she was little. We had to get our food to go one time.

It was an exhausting weekend, but we had so much fun!

We are definitely ready for school to start in almost a week!