This past weekend we went to Galveston and met Tony's family down there for a little mini vacation! We got there Friday night and had a few hours to kill before they arrived (they had a much longer drive) so we headed to the beach to check it out! (We stayed at Tony's co-worker's beach house!)
The twins were so excited to see the sand and water! (Scooter too!)
I think this is the sweetest picture of Daddy and Jillian.
Kennedy loving the mud! :)
Kaitlyn
Tony showing the twins the hermit crabs. At first they weren't too sure about them, but quickly warmed up to them.
They got a little wet and muddy so we came back inside and changed clothes just in time for Shaylee, Paw Paw, Ya Ya, Dar and Lee to arrive! Once Shaylee got there, Kennedy and Kaitlyn were in heaven!! They loooove their cousin!
Of course, they all had to play dress up! Here is Kennedy showing off her outfit. They all stayed up later than usual because they were having so much fun!
Good Morning!! Saturday morning came early and these girls were ready for the beach!!
Jillian eating her waffles for breakfast.
My honey and me
Ya Ya got bucket hats for all the girls to decorate. Shaylee decorating her hat.
Kaitlyn's hat
Kennedy working on hers.
All dressed and ready to go! Cute matching cover ups for all the girls! (Thanks Ya Ya) Leave it to a 4 year old to stick out her tongue for the picture. :)
The only way to get a picture of ALL the kids was for me to hold Jillian in the picture. (Still working on that separation anxiety) Kaitlyn cracks me up with her hat over her eyes and holding ALL the beach toys. She is always prepared, that girl!
Jillian left her hat on for about 2 seconds...so much for trying to protect her from the sun.
What a happy girl!! (Kennedy)
Loving the water!
Lee and Dar
Group picture! (minus Lee and Dar)
This is definitely a mommy's girl. (But I love it!)
These three stayed out for hours!
This was Jillian's reaction to the beach. She was not a fan of the water at all!
She made us laugh because she would just take off walking back to the beach house all by herself. She was determined to get away from the water.
She did find a spot she liked with soft sand far away from the water. She happily played here for a while.
That evening (after baths!) we all sat on the deck and got to watch a wedding that was taking place on the beach. They loved the bride's dress!
And got to do more crafts. (Thanks Ya Ya)
Family photo!
Kennedy, Shaylee, Kaitlyn
We love Aunt Dar!
My girls!
We had such a wonderful time and we all wished we could have stayed longer. I'm so thankful that Tony's co-worker let us use his awesome beach house and we got to visit with Tony's family. We drove back home Sunday afternoon and all three girls fell asleep in the van. They were all tuckered out! It was hard to come back to reality! :) Hopefully we can do that again one day! We made some great memories.
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Is she (Kennedy) really going to reach in there and get dirty? Yeah right! She was just pretending for the picture! Those girls wouldn't touch the "insides".
But they loved trying to carve the pumpkin themselves! (They had toddler knives and it did nothing to the pumpkin!)
Daddy and his girls.
All done! 
Salting the pumpkin seeds. They loved this part.
Watching the seeds in the oven. They turned out yummy! :)
Oh, and this was their version of the pumpkin, by the way. A princess pumpkin, of course!
