Well, we made it on our 2010 Summer Vacation! This year we had lots of things planned during our six days! We had a little bit of fun for everyone planned... Our first stop was in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas at the BEACH!
We saw the Lexington from afar but decided not to take the time to visit it!
If you remember, Lainey won tickets to the Texas State Aquarium. That is the main reason we planned our trip for this area. The girls LOVED the aquarium. It was small but GREAT!
The weather was beautiful the morning that we went. We even experienced a little rain shower during the bird show that cooled us off! The girls loved seeing the dolphins, sea turtles, and otters. It was a great trip!
Abbey of course had to act a little silly!
We decided to stay at the OMNI in Corpus Christi instead of staying in Port A since we were going to be doing some of the attractions in Corpus. We are so glad we did! The pool was AWESOME! It had an outdoor pool then a swim under area to swim to the indoor pool!
The girls were greeted at the OMNI with a kids backpack, they were given cookies and milk at bedtime in our room, they had an ice cream sundae one afternoon. It was a great hotel. We spent lots of time by the pool when we were not on the beach.
We would lay by then pool, then walk 1/2 mile down to Magee Beach in Corpus. We did drive to Port A one day and do the beach there but we enjoyed Corpus LOTS!
The girls LOVED the beach in Corpus because it was seaweed FREE! (This pic was taken in Port A.)
We collected lots of seashells and sand dollars. Some people we were parking next to gave the girls a sea horse!
We even saw a JELLYFISH! Thank goodness we saw IT before he saw US!
We rode the ferry just to say we did...
We ate LOTS of food. Another great thing about staying were we did is that we walked to LOTS of great restaurants downtown. One night we ate at a Thai restaurant. This is our food that night! It was amazing... Emiley was NOT impressed with the shrimp that still had their eyes!
After four days at the beach, we headed back north. We made a stop in San Antonio at the Rain Forest Cafe at the request of the girls!
That evening we arrived in New Braunfels to see Seth James (Will's BFF) play with Cody Canada from Cross Canadian Ragweed at White Water Amphitheatre. It was FUN! It was an outside concert along the river! Really Neat!
We got up the next morning and headed to Schlitterbahn! We got there when it opened so that we could hit all our favorite rides before the lines got long. The weather was perfect!
What is a vacation without IHOP!
Our daddy was a great driver all week!
I tried to be a good co-pilot!
The girls played lots of DS!
Giggled a lot in the car...
And didnt sleep much!
Finally we headed to LBJ Ranch on our way home. Abbey did a project on President Johnson and wanted to visit his ranch so we worked it into our vacation. It was a great tour!
The girls REALLY LOVED it!
That evening we had dinner with my cousin Tonya and her hubs, Shane and her boys, Mills and Mason! It was a great end to a week long trip! (Cant believe I didnt get a picture!)
We saw the Lexington from afar but decided not to take the time to visit it! 
If you remember, Lainey won tickets to the Texas State Aquarium. That is the main reason we planned our trip for this area. The girls LOVED the aquarium. It was small but GREAT! 
The weather was beautiful the morning that we went. We even experienced a little rain shower during the bird show that cooled us off! The girls loved seeing the dolphins, sea turtles, and otters. It was a great trip! 
Abbey of course had to act a little silly! 
We would lay by then pool, then walk 1/2 mile down to Magee Beach in Corpus. We did drive to Port A one day and do the beach there but we enjoyed Corpus LOTS! 
The girls LOVED the beach in Corpus because it was seaweed FREE! (This pic was taken in Port A.)
We collected lots of seashells and sand dollars. Some people we were parking next to gave the girls a sea horse! 
We even saw a JELLYFISH! Thank goodness we saw IT before he saw US! 
We rode the ferry just to say we did...
We ate LOTS of food. Another great thing about staying were we did is that we walked to LOTS of great restaurants downtown. One night we ate at a Thai restaurant. This is our food that night! It was amazing... Emiley was NOT impressed with the shrimp that still had their eyes! 
After four days at the beach, we headed back north. We made a stop in San Antonio at the Rain Forest Cafe at the request of the girls! 
That evening we arrived in New Braunfels to see Seth James (Will's BFF) play with Cody Canada from Cross Canadian Ragweed at White Water Amphitheatre. It was FUN! It was an outside concert along the river! Really Neat! 
We got up the next morning and headed to Schlitterbahn! We got there when it opened so that we could hit all our favorite rides before the lines got long. The weather was perfect! 
What is a vacation without IHOP! 
Our daddy was a great driver all week! 
I tried to be a good co-pilot! 
The girls played lots of DS!
Giggled a lot in the car...
And didnt sleep much! 
Finally we headed to LBJ Ranch on our way home. Abbey did a project on President Johnson and wanted to visit his ranch so we worked it into our vacation. It was a great tour! 
The girls REALLY LOVED it! 
That evening we had dinner with my cousin Tonya and her hubs, Shane and her boys, Mills and Mason! It was a great end to a week long trip! (Cant believe I didnt get a picture!) 
15 comments:
WooHoo! Sounds like you had a great family vacation! What a lovely little family you have!!!
*waves form Jenna's Journey
That's what memories are made of!
How fun!
Love
MOM
You have a beautiful family! Found you through the blog commenting challenge!
Sounds like a really great vacation! We're getting ready to go on our first family vacation and we're really excited!
I found you through the commenting challenge. :)
Looks like you had a great vacation! My parents lived in Corpus years ago . . . I've done the tour on the Lexington and you were smart not to do it this trip with your girls. Not only was it HOT, there was lots of walking and climbing very steep stairs. They might enjoy it more when they are older :)
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your girls are precious!!
we just got back from florida our 2 boys - - family vacations are the BEST!!!
Your girls are adorable! We went to a Rainforest Cafe in Florida recently and had so much fun! LOVE a beach vacay! Looks like you guys had a blast! :)
What a fun vacation!! Stopping by from Jenna's Journey bloghop!
Have a great week!
Hi Shelley. It looks like you had a fun vacation. New Braunfels is my husbands hometown. What fun!
Hi! I'm visiting from Jenna's Journey! You have a beautiful family! How does your husband survive all the estrogen? LOL!
You have an adorable family, and I love your blog header!
I'm glad you mentioned the Omni...Donald and I are going to Corpus Christi this weekend and I need a fun place to stay...He's going to see his daughter on Sunday, but I'll be staying where ever! The Omni would be perfect! My kids and their famlilies are going with Danny to Port Aransas...so I don't think we should venture in that direction! Glad y'all had a fun trip!
Looks like a fun time was had by all! So glad you guys got away for a little R&R! Did you get to ride the "new since I've been there last" rides at Schlitterbahn? We went to Hurricane Harbor with some friends last weekend and lets just say....Schiltterbahn ROCKS! SOOOO much cleaner! Hopefully we'll make our way down. Although, unless it's this weekend or next, things are looking unlikely!
Miss you guys!
Your girls are beautiful! Looks like you had a fun family vacation! I am ready for another vacation! We went in May, but the beach is calling me again;)
Perfectly beautiful family! And I have a "Lainey girl," too! She is my baby. I've enjoyed "visiting" thru jennasjourney!
Blessings,
Amanda
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