Having no internet hasn’t been too bad, because we have certainly been very busy! We took an AWESOME vacation to South Padre Island with my parents near the end of May. After hearing several people say that all Texas beaches are horrible, we were pleasantly surprised at how wonderful South Padre was! Being completely honest, the waves there were far better than the ones we were used to in Pensacola, where we have been many times before. I was a little bit worried about how travelling and vacationing would be with the two babies but it ended up being the best case scenario! No big problems! We were fortunate to have Andy and Abby flying with us both down to Padre as well as back to Lubbock so we had several extra hands on board.
Kolbe LOVED the beach! The first day he was a little bit cautious about walking in the stand and getting in the water, but he quickly warmed up to it. The only thing he has yet to figure out it the whole concept of closing his eyes and mouth when the waves come! A few good salt water waves did him in, but he was quick to get right back out there. He really loved the pool at the condo as well. Unfortunately, the water in the pool was FREEZING (though he seemed not to care) so he didn’t get to do as much pool swimming as he would have liked to because no one was willing to spend too much time in there with him!
Other than enjoying lots of time on the beach, we got to try out several fun restaurants including one called the Big Donkey. Hmm. One morning we all got to go parasailing as well. It was a blast! The view of the ocean was just beautiful! We also had fun hanging out at the condo eating, watching movies, playing board games and just spending lots of time together. Of course it wouldn’t have been a Hefferly Family vacation without some sort of visit to a historical location so we stopped at a Mexican/American battle site as well. Lovely. Really.
We had SO much fun on our vacation and are so thankful to Pinkie and Pa for such a wonderful trip! Enjoy the pics below!
Reagan's first dip in the ocean!
Day one- the kiddos checking out the ocean with Aunt Abby
Sweet Speedo (swim diaper)
Now that guy is ready for some serious beach action!
Poor Reagan...he looks like he's not too happy about this whole situation.
The three-months-post-baby part of me is glad this pic turned out kind of dark!
Reagan kicked back, relaxed, putting his toes in the sand...life's hard, little guy!
Yeah! We love the pool!
The boat was Kolbe's favorite!
Uncle Dave making a sand Kolbe!
Sand toys, sand toys, sand toys!
Senor Pa!
Kolbe on the "Big Donkey" in the lobby of The Big Donkey
Pa and Kolbs on a sunset walk
A rare moment alone...
on our way to parasailing!
Mark was a lot more excited than I was because I had been before...he loved it! It was so much fun to go together too!
Yep, that's us!
The girls in our matching jammie pants!
While we were there, we got to celebrate Reagan's 100 days! As a tradition, my mom presented him with his Happy 100 Days card...adorned with 100 stickers or words to celebrate his life. What a fantastic 100 days!
We ate a WONDERFUL dinner at a way too expensive seafood restaurant called Amberjacks.
I love my mom!
That's the look of a kid who has had some serious fun!
Now that's what I call a sunrise!
3 comments:
Looks like you guys had an awesome time! Where did you stay when you were there...it looks really similar to Jonathan's grandparents' condo we stay at when we are down there!
I think it was called The Aquarius and we in the 10th floor penthouse. It had 4 bedrooms to fit our whole clan! It was a blast!
I thought it looked familiar...their condo is a couple floors down from there. So glad you guys had a great time! And love the 4 months pics of Reagan!
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