South Padre Island

Part one of our summer vacation was at South Padre Island. We rented a three bedroom condo with our friends the Collingwoods. It had port hole shaped windows that the kids loved crawling in. We were there from August 15^th to the 19^th. The Collingwood kids are the same ages and genders as ours, so they always had a playmate. It was really nice.

We usually got down to the beach around 10 and went back around 1 or 2. After lunch and naps we went back to the beach from about 4 to 7. Our days were spent digging in the sand, boogie boarding, attempting to surf, and swimming in the ocean. Gavin loved boogie boarding and spent the majority of his time doing that. Renée loved the sand and the water. She kept asking Sam to take her in the deep water. Carter loved the sand and was pretty cautious with the water. It only took one wave to make him that way.

Michalann and I traded off cooking so we had prepared meals half the time, which is much better than at home. After we got all the kids to bed Sam and I played games with Jerry and Michalann. Every night was game night!

The beaches weren’t crowded, although Carter would join any family that was digging. The water was warm and no one had any trouble jumping in. This was our second visit to South Padre and I am sure it won’t be our last.