Every labor day weekend since perhaps the early 18th century, David's UT buddies all get together in Port Aransas. It started out with just a few of them (still single) all in one condo and this year there were 28 adults, 22 kids and a pregnancy. Wow.It was our first year to attend and we've been planning for it since May. We got down there on Thursday afternoon and stayed through Monday morning. In our condo were the Rener's and Brown's...their kid's Ava and Josh were great playmates for Sam. According to Ava the schedule while we were there was, "beach, pool, eat, beach, pool, eat..." she was very accurate. I'm part iguana so 4 days of being in the sun was perfect! Even the weather cooperated and it was never overbearingly hot, nor were there mosquitoes out en masse.
Friday night we all grilled out near the playground. Zach made some great fajitas and grilled veggies and we had lots of fun watching the kids slide instead of eat. Sam went down a few times but really enjoyed clapping for everyone else who went down.
Saturday night the guys all went to a local joint to watch Texas beat LA Monroe, despite the win the real highlight of the evening was OU losing to BYU. HA! :)
Sunday morning I finally bucked up and decided to go running/walking. My roommate Alison is marathon training and got up and out before I did. Since I don't have a pedometer and didn't look at my watch to see when I left I thought I would just turn around when she passed me on her way back. I didn't see her. Once I finally realized I had gone W-A-Y too far, I turned around...when I got back she told me that I had gone almost 10 miles. Ouch!
Since the guys had a night out, we ladies thought we deserved some time alone too. Sunday night we got together for drinks, sweets and dominoes. No Nonnie and Bubbie, I didn't lose my temper this time...though I almost didn't play because I was worried that I would.
Heading home was a little sad, but Caspian spent the weekend in Katy with his Aunt and Uncle and we missed him. At least in just a few months we'll start planning for next year which is sure to be bigger and better...enjoy the pictures!
We had a little bit of luggage, and yes...we brought our KitchenAid.
The ladies chattin' on the beach.
We had a great setup.
Sam and his friend Diego, just hangin' out.
The annual shot of everybody in UT garb.
22 kids + organized photo = meltdown!
Sam and Dad at the start of the annual toddler race.
Ready...set...go! (Sam just turned around and ran straight back into David's arms.)
Greenley Stirman and Joanna and Rebekah Blaisdell. I LOVED those tutus!
Playing dominoes on girls' night.
All the (nicely tanned) girls!
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Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing. Maybe some day we'll make it!
ReplyDeleteWe hope you can too! There's talk of moving it to the beginning of August to accommodate all the kiddos who will be starting school soon. Then it would fall when y'all were in the US on furlough :)
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