Tradition

Growing up, my family and I went to North Padre Island every summer. I have so many great memories of our time together there. We loaded up in Amarillo and set out for North Padre to enjoy with the entire Parker family!

Here's a recap of what we did:

Our big swimming without floaties or a life jacket!

Throwing the ball with Tate... A LOT! And of course, jumping in!Corpus Christi Aquarium

Fun with seahorses!

Lots of fish, turtles, and other sea creatures

We were able to catch the Dolphin Show

It was so very hot; we ended our time at the aquarium with the splash pad!
The boys loved it!

Aim and shoot!

Happy Independence Day America! We spent the fourth of July playing games and swimming. Then, we headed over to Corpus Christi for fireworks! As we approached the huge bridge to take us to the USS Lexington for fireworks, we found that it was closed due to a big wreck on the bridge. Parker was thrilled! Emergency vehicles were everywhere...as well as every other person trying to get the other side! We actually had to stop for gas while we passed the time and Parker met a police officer. He told us when to head back to bridge...and we were the second car let through! Go Parker!

The boys were supposed to be able to swim at the 4th of July party, but it was too crowded. We treated them to light sabers instead!

Emer with Mom and Dad

Best brother E-V-E-R!

Maybin family picture!

Just passing the time! Tate held on tight as the fireworks show went on but he loved it. He said "fire-oks" about 1,000 times during our walk back to the car!

Tate hiding from Pops so that his messy face wouldn't be cleaned!

Parker thought the ice cream scoop was a spoon - honestly - it was hilarious!

Happy 29th birthday (a bit early) Chris!

Chris with Mom and Dad

Parker and Tate with their hero!

Make a wish...

BEACH TIME! The boys liked riding the waves and playing in the sand.

The tropical storm that hit the coast the week before brought up all kinds of seaweed...yuck!

Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory! :) Tate is pointing to the water. "mimming" = swimming - N.O.W!

So thankful for this sweet time with our family!

We ended our trip with a couple of days in Waco. Here is Carline (aka Nanny) with Tate, Chloe and Parker. Those three kiddos sure do LOVE to play together!