Our Beach Trip

We took a trip to Corpus Christi a few weeks back...

The nighttime view of the USS Lexington from our hotel balcony. Staying in a hotel is new for us- we usually rent a house, but this was a nice change. Free morning beverage delivery and someone coming in daily to clean up- you really can't beat that! The kids loved the pool too! They think staying in a hotel is awesome.

The kids received complimentary backpacks with all kinds of little toys when we got there. TJ carried that thing around all weekend. It became a little bit of a problem 'cause if he couldn't have it, he freaked.

Enjoying her morning juice in a very fancy glass!

Took a drive out to Port Aransas to play at the beach. The kids are at the perfect age- no fears and very little complaints- definitely a first at the beach.

Hard at work and looking so cute.

Our friends and their little boy were staying the weekend out there too, so they met us at the beach and the kids loved having a friend to play with.

The seaweed was out of control which was a little annoying for me, but the kids didn't mind at all and even found a way to make it fun...

A carnival was in town and we love carnivals!

Shrimporee!!

Lots of rides, games and prizes (that's why we love carnivals)!

I love that they always want to sit together instead of having their own.

We took a morning tour of the USS Lexington on the last day.

Those are some massive bullets.

I thought that was really cool.

And TJ was impressed by the size of that chain they are sitting on. That really caught his attention.

TJ at the controls- a scary thought.

A little more playtime at the beach before heading home.

This time at the Corpus Christi bay- no seaweed!

She loves to strike a pose!

Jumping the waves with Daddy!

We really had a lot of fun.

TJ keeps asking when we're going back. And he says that next time he wants to stay 5 nights instead of just 2 nights. Unfortunately that's not in the budget, but he doesn't seem to understand that.