This morning when I woke up in Corpus Christi my plan was to head to the beach. I have never driven my car on the beach so it made me a bit nervous. Before I headed out to the island I stopped by a tire store and asked them to check my tire pressure… just [...]
Last night when we were laying in bed Lily asked me if we can go for a walk on the beach right when we wake up. I told her that we can go for an early morning walk as long as we pick up at least one bag full of trash along the way. Last [...]
Before bed we went back down to the beach with our flashlight to see if we could find any cool seashells. I am not sure what it is about walking on the beach at night but we love it. Lily said she wanted me to do a post about the weird stuff we find on [...]
Since Lily has the week off of school we wanted to take advantage of the time we have. Her dad dropped her off around 9:00 am and by 9:15 am we had the car packed and we were rolling down the driveway. I told her as we were packing that if it didn’t fit in [...]
Today we woke up and drank coffee. Jet didn’t seemed to interested in my BofC. Then we played with the horses for a little while. And headed to the beach! The Atlantic Ocean in Satellite Beach!! Angela was chillin. I ate the world’s best rice bowl in the world. And drew JP’s name in the [...]
One of our favorite things to do when we have a long weekend is to head down to the Gulf of Mexico and spend some time in the sand. Lily was with her dad for the holiday weekend so this is the first time we have ever gone without bringing someone else along. It turned [...]
JP had to work today so Lily and I took off on an adventure of our own. Destination? The Pacific Ocean! To be more exact we were headed to Cannon Beach, OR so that I could show Lily the famed Haystack Rock. If you are a fan of the Goonies movie you should remember this [...]
I can’t believe I didn’t take a single picture today… hmmm. During the day Lily and I went for a walk down on the beach. We discovered that if you flip over rocks you can find lots and lots of baby crabs. Lily would pick them up and collect them in a bucket but don’t [...]
Last night before we went to bed Angela told me that her mom was taking the day off of work today to hang out with us. Our plan was to hit the beach. This is my second trip here and until today we had’nt spent any time just beachin it. Our first stop was at [...]
We spent the last few days down in Corpus Christi, TX hanging out on the beach. Instead of doing a day by day posting I pulled out a few of my favorite pictures to show you. We have been down to the beach a number of times and about half of the time we have stayed [...]
For a few weeks now I have been talking to JP about going down to the beach next week. Sure we probably can’t hang out in our bikini and get a suntan but we can definitely get our feet in the sand and hang out while listening to music, making sand castles and drinking beer! Our [...]
This morning I woke up around 10:00 am and knew I was suppose to be at the wedding hall by 10:30am to help decorate for tomorrow so I had to step on it. I got dressed hopped in my rental car and I was off. When I got there everyone was busy decorating. Staying true to [...]
This morning our big plan was to drive over to Whidbey Island and take the ferry over to Port Townsend which is on the Olympic Peninsula. Our first stop was in Anacortes, WA to see a little place called Mt Erie. Oh and evidently you have to beware of owls and dusk at dawn. The [...]
We woke up this morning at JP’s parents house on Camano Island. The first thing Lily said to me after I got up was “Mom, did you look outside?”. It was late and dark when we got there last night so she had no idea that we were right on a cliff looking over the water. Camano Island [...]
This afternoon as I was about to leave to run errands the door bell rang. Once I got to the door I could see a UPS truck. I opened up the front door and this is what I saw. I also saw the UPS guy getting back into his truck. When Lily and I were [...]
It has been a few days since I wrote because I have been hanging out in South Haven, MI. I did lots of stuff and saw lots of people but I didn’t take a lot of pictures. In no particular order these are some of the things we did: Lily caught her very first frog [...]
Today was one of our favorite days of our vacation so far. We took so many great photos that I have decided to break this up into two postings. We covered a lot of ground today and explored the greater NW portion of Michigan. When we woke up this morning the first thing Lily said [...]
Check out the map below. We put in a solid 8+ hour day today of being a tourist and driving really far! Lily slept for the first couple hours of our trip while we went from St Ignace, MI to Paradise, MI. Right before we drove into Paradise I saw Lake Superior. Sure she was sleeping [...]
When we were starting packing up to head out this morning it started raining. The rain pretty much lasted ALL DAY LONG. With the exception of a few breaks.. and I mean a few like 3 or 4 that lasted for a couple minutes. We decided that was not gonna stop us from seeing all [...]
We left Vanessa’s house this morning and headed north on Hwy 23/I-75. The town that we had in mind to stop at for the night is less than 3 hours away so we were not really in a big hurry to get there. Our first stop was in Flint, MI. If you know anything about [...]
Today we headed out to Independence Lake which is very near Vanessa’s house here in Whitmore Lake. It’s a pretty nice park that has beach access, a rock climb thing, paddle boat rentals, a concession stand, bathrooms, a splash zone and a playground. Before we left home Vanessa made hamburger patties to bbq for lunch. [...]
JP, Lily and I are so crazy about the beach that we decided we need to spend some more time there before heading home today. We packed up the condo and headed into town really quick to buy a couple things before we hit the beach. Lily was almost eaten by a shark. And we took the [...]
Today was day 2 of our beach adventures. Shauna and the babies had too much sun the day before so Lily, Gage, JP and I headed down to the beach without them. Here is the sweetest picture of the day. Lily and Gage are both big talkers either one can talk you ear off about pretty much [...]
In order to make a mermaid you will need the following things: 1 small human 1 or 2 large humans to help build the mermaid 1 Shovel (not necessary but very helpful) A large sandy area (beaches work the best) 1,000 or so miniature shells to decorate the tail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Step 1: Dig a hole wide enough [...]
One of my favorite things in the entire world to do is hang out at the beach. I don’t mind the fact that sand gets everywhere or that it there is a chance of getting bitten by pretty much anything in the water, I still love it. That was the plan for today… hang out on the [...]
Every once in awhile something happens. I can’t really explain it. And I don’t usually know that it is happening. Then the sun sets and as I lay snug in my bed a thought occurs to me. I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE OF ANYTHING TODAY! In my head I recapped my day and I totally did things [...]
This is the only picture I took today. It’s a picture of what I did today to amuse myself while I sat through Lily’s volleyball practice. As you guys know I love to take pictures. I usually use my camera but sometimes it is easier to use my cell phone. I looked and as of today I have [...]
JP left this morning on a business trip to California. After work me and Lily got busy doing stuff and when I checked my phone again I saw these pictures that he sent me as a teaser. Here are his feet in the sand on the beach in Santa Monica, CA. And his feet in the [...]
There is a reason that they say not to drink and drive… and I am not talking about cars! Someone… err I mean some people thought it was a good idea to go for a bike ride to the beach. So we hopped on and headed to the beach. Go Angela, go! Sure we had [...]
My first full day in Florida was a lot like I expected it to be. It sure is warm and sunny there. The heat is a different kind of heat than I have ever been in before… very humid! I was lucky enough to be able to go out on a boat for a pub crawl. Sonia, [...]
I was looking for a picture on my phone when I saw this one. I know that I posted it on my facebook last month when I took the picture but I don’t think I ever posted it on here. We found a bunch of these guys on the beach in the Gulf of Mexico. It [...]
I guess when I think about Arizona lakes are not one of the first things that come to mind. We decided we wanted to go boating so I did a little bit of googling and figured out that the largest lake near Phoenix is Lake Pleasant. According to the website they have over 10,000 acres [...]
In true Lily form she woke me up at 6:30am to tell me that she was hungry. The hotel restaurant doesn’t open until 7:00am so I told her we could go for a walk on the beach. It was super foggy when we woke up but to quote JP “Even the worst day at the [...]
Today after work we packed up the truck and headed to the beach. Door to door it is exactly 180 miles from our house to the Holiday Inn Sunspree which is located right on the Gulf of Mexico. For those of you that don’t know here is a little geography lesson. Point A is San Antonio [...]
As you can see I am all packed and ready for our trip to the beach. Only one final detail… where the #*%+€ is JP?
This weekend the shortest person I hang out with is having her birthday weekend! One of Lily’s nicknames is “shorty” even though she is over 4 feet tall. This morning we stopped at Krispy Kreme and picked up two dozen doughnuts for her classroom. Tomorrow after work/school we are headed down to the Gulf of [...]
This morning we found this huge guitar near our hotel. After we checked out of the hotel we headed out to Lake Travis. We rented a boat and spend the next 4 hours in the blazing hot sun. The high temperature for Austin today is suppose to be 102!!! You can see me taking this picture [...]
Today was our last day on Padre Island. We started this morning by heading down to the beach for a few hours. Then it was time to go. This is the part we all dread and no one is happy to leave the beach. JP made sure the truck was packed and we were off. [...]
It all started at 6:45 am. Lily loves to wake early, even when we are on vacation! We were up so early that the restaurant in the hotel was not even open yet so we went for a walk on the beach. I told Lily that normal people are still asleep right now, she didn’t [...]
Today Lily, JP and I all put our toes in the sand! There is a country song called “Toes” that is what we did today! “Toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, cold beer in my hand, life is good today”
Tomorrow we are heading down to the Gulf of Mexico for a beachy Memorial Day weekend! Lily is all packed and ready to go!
I am sure that by now everyone knows about the oil that is shooting into the Gulf of Mexico. I told Lily about the oil spill today and we wanted to find pictures of the animals that are being affected. Sadly here is a pretty good example of what BP is doing to the gulf coast. [...]
Today we spent the day at the beach. We chased each other around. Tried to knock each other down! We went for a swim! Since the camera is water proof I wanted to find out what I looked like to a fish. Looks more like an alien don’t you think? Then we made a sand [...]
After a day at the beach, what is nicer than a nice, hot shower? The place we are staying at has a complete shower outside! Note to self… We have to get an outside shower, JP! An awesome start to J9 Week!
Here are the girls, heading off for fun and sun… Yikes!
We are headed down to South Padre Island, TX today! We are staying in a condo on the Gulf of Mexico for 3 nights. I have gone over the packing list again and again and I think we have it all. We have clothing √, bathing suits √, towels √, cameras √, sunscreen √, flash lights √, glow [...]
