The Beach Finally!!!

Well, finally I am posting about our wonderful trip to the beach!!!! It has been a tradition of our family since I was Carson's age. We love South Padre! It was so wonderful to have the whole family together and to find out that Emily and Jacob will be adding to the family with their baby in January. It was a special vacation we will always remember!

We stayed in this awesome house this year that was right off the beach. So, after two long days of driving, we didn't even unpack the cars before we headed to the beach. Carson had been hearing about the beach for so long but had no idea what a treat he was in for. He had been to the beach before but he was only 2 months old. Here was Carson's first steps in the sand. He walked on his tip toes for a while till he go use to the feel of the sand between his toes.

Getting his toes wet!

Feeding the sea gulls! He couldn't wait to "feed the birds some bread".


My beautiful sisters and me.


The guys! Check out Carson's bandanna! He was so cute in it!



Each morning when Carson woke up Phil and I would take him out to the beach for an early morning walk. This was our first morning beach walk. This was my favorite part of our vacation. It was so peaceful and beautiful in the mornings! What a perfect family memory! I can't wait to take Callie on one of our morning beach walks.



Carson and his aunt Mal!!!! Sorry boys Carson says she is his girlfriend. :)


This is my favorite picture! Carson was going to get his daddy some water so they could make sand castles!
He loved the water!
Building sand castles with Daddy! Phil would work so hard on one and then all Carson wanted to do was knock it down or pour water on it. Such a 2 year old BOY!

Our family loves to ride the waves with boogie boards! Carson fit right in. He thought he was a boogie board pro.

Swimming always makes you hungry. Carson loved sitting in the little chair to eat.

Sorry my camera lens was fogging up, but I love this picture of him in his bandanna digging in the sand! He set there for almost an hour and played. Wish we could have that big of a "sand box" at home!



The house we stayed at had its own private pool in the backyard. This is where we spend the most of our time after the beach. This is where we realized Carson is a fish. He isn't afraid of anything. We couldn't take our eyes off him for a minute. He decided he could jump in on his own with out anyone helping him.



Here are some pictures of us out on the town. We love to go to our favorite restaurants! The food there is so wonderful!

These are from Louise Backyard. A must if you are ever in South Padre. They shout fireworks off every Friday night on the bay! It is beautiful!

Carson drinking his first pina colada (no alcoholic of course). He loved it.

Carson with his Nana and Coach.

Another place you have to try is Amberjacks! There food their is so wonderful. Everything is unique and plated beautifully!

Carson being silly with his Aunt Mal!

There were lots of games played that week! We love getting together and playing. Here is one intense game of Wahoo!


Thanks to Coach, Carson was a happy camper because he let Carson roll the dice.

While we were there it was sea turtle nesting season. In all our years of going we have only seen one sea turtle on the beach. Each morning we would look for them on our walk. We had never gone to the sea turtle rescue center on the island before. It is called Sea Turtle Inc. their website is http://www.seaturtleinc.com/ It was so cool to see all the sea turtles they have rescued because they are injured.

This is a picture of Allison. She is a sea turtle they rescued when she was a baby. She was attached by a shark and is missing 3 of her limbs. She has been on some of the morning shows and you can watch her live on their website. She puts on a jacket that has limbs on it and she can swim with it on.