Our Weekend in Galveston

We went to Galveston for a long weekend to help Mat's mom celebrate her 60th birthday. It was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of the trip. Warning: There are a lot of pictures. I was having trouble editing them down to a reasonable number.

We stopped on the way to Galveston at the Space Center in Houston and met up with Cousin Ben who got to come down from Michigan.







The Space Center has the best playscape we've ever seen.







The boys were worn out after just a few hours...and this was only the beginning.



After we finished at NASA, we drove the rest of the way to Galveston and eventually met up with the rest of the family (all the Byrds, the Frames, and the Scotts) at Gaido's for dinner. Before we went inside the restaurant, we walked down to the beach for a few minutes.





Jackson was so excited to see Ben that he had to go outside for a time-out no less than three times during dinner. We aren't really used to taking him to restaurants with glasses made out of glass and white table cloths. You realize how loud and rambunctious he can be in a place like that.



On Saturday, we got up and walked to the beach. The weather was great, but a little cold to be swimming (or so I thought).








It literally never occurred to me that the boys would go near the water...much less get in it. I guess I just thought: "It's February and kinda cold," you know? Well, needless to say they got in. Here's how they looked by the time we decided to walk home.



Saturday night we had a birthday dinner.





And Sunday we said good-bye to the Byrds and the boys got to sit on Uncle Randy and Christopher's Harleys.




Then we went to the beach again. This time in swimsuits...





Sunday night we went to the Strand and ate at Fisherman's Wharf and watched the cruise ships take off. That was a highlight for all the boys, but our camera battery was dead so I will spare you that one little portion of the trip. Monday we stopped in Lockhart and ate BBQ and then went to McKinney Falls State Park which is basically in South Austin. I can't believe we've never been there before!






Now you may be thinking to yourself, "What a nice time they had. Galveston must be a lovely place. It sounds like they had a perfectly enjoyable experience." Well, friends, it was quite an experience alright. Stay tuned for a new post to hear the other side of the story!