4 Adults, 5 Kids, a hermit crab and many souvenirs!

Sunday, July 4th-Nothing says celebrate America like a 4 hr car trip with 5 children under 9! SO we packed up and drove to the beach, Port Aransas. We arrived at the house we rented for the week. We unpacked and sent the dads and kids to the beach and Moms headed to the grocery store, the Food Basket IGA. It is the only game in town. We were definitely over dressed for the occasion, by that we mean dressed and sober! 547.00 and 4 baskets later, we were ready for the week! We considered in the parking lot to rip the bottoms off our shirts, cut off our shorts so our cheeks showed and take some bong hits so we'd feel more like locals. . .but, instead, we hopped in our minivan and cruised home.

Monday, July 5th- Obviously, it was tough to top DAY 1, but we did our best by heading to the beach. We set up a redneck pavilion complete with cooler, washer pit, and 764 sand toys. We stayed on the beach for an eternity and then marched home for what way, hands down, the longest most brutal 30 minutes ever. (Please note: The kids had a blast on the beach and it was great but let's just be honest, that's a no-brainer and doesn't make for an interesting post. More on that later. . .) We are currently suffering from chub rub + sand. Now, if you don't know what chub rub is, you work out entirely too much. Chub rub is the phenomenon that occurs when your thighs rub together. And, more importantly, if you don't have this happen to you, how are we friends?

Tuesday, July 6th- Brad and Shane were up at 4:45 to head out for a day of fishing fun! I personally think this is the only reason they agreed to come on vacation was in order to fish! We did tell them to bring home dinner one way or another. This included stopping at HEB if need be! We loaded all five children for a day of sight seeing fun! This included a fancy lunch at Dairy Queen and a stop at the junk, er I mean, souvenir store next door. Our children enjoyed ice cream and cokes for lunch.

So Alison and I wrote this the evening of the 6th. That was as far as we got that night or any night the rest of the week.....

All in all we had a great time with great friends. It was so much fun to watch our husbands and children interact. Alison and I love each other, we've known that since English 3201, Women and Literature, Spring 1996. She is an amazing mother! She is patient and kind to her children. She embraces their differences and strives to make them happy, even if this means bringing Play doh along! Yes, my children thought Santa had been there since it is outlawed in my house! We had time to just sit and interact with our kids. They had a fashion show for us. I never sit and watch a fashion show at home. I should.