Every good and perfect gift is from above...James 1:17

Monday, August 17, 2015

Sand, Sun, And A Whole Lotta Danielses

Corpus 2015 was the year of the Danielses. We brought Vivia and met up with Gaea, Majid, Solomon and Adam. 
Then the fun began!
We stopped at Buc-ee's on the way down. It was my first time ever. People down here go crazy over it and I must say…I don't get all the hype.  It must be a Texas thing. 
Here are all the little monkeys. They love themselves some cousin time!  Lots of beach, pool and overall silliness, sprinkled with some crab hunting, kite flying, & sand castle building, and loaded with laughter.
 One day we spent the whole afternoon on tubes and boogie boards playing on the waves while we floated down the beach. Then we turned around and did it all again. 
Fun family time.
We were able to take Solomon and Adam out on their inaugural crab hunt.
 Our alligator with a tunnel. Zeke was getting good at tunnels and hollow castles.
 We learned how to hunt for ghost shrimp. That's why Daisy has an icky face--she didn't want to hold the ghost shrimp. A guy had a sucker-tube thing that sucked them up and spit them out. Once we learned how to spot them in the sand we tried digging them on our own.
Crab Catcher Extraordinaire
We all love our Grannie.

Monday, August 03, 2015

Summertime Means Swimtime!

It was not surprising I had three eager and willing swimming lesson participants. 
 These two started with using their kick boards for the 100 meters and by the end of the week they swam the whole way on their own. Daisy says they swam 100 centimeters; potayto/potahto, centimeter/meter. 
 Relaxing after a tough morning.
 How sweet are these three?
 Daddy even showed up on test day! Which, by the way, 
they all 3 rocked.
 Time for fun!
 Even the little boy got to go off the board.
Lijee would yell 'Cannonball!' when he jumped. No, it wasn't a cannonball, but he heard his brother yell it so Eli thought he would, too.
We celebrated successful lessons with slushees.
 Love my little swimmers!