Our family had a four day weekend due to Thanksgiving. No classes on Thursday and Friday. So instead of going shopping and risking the threat of getting killed at Toys-R-Us, we, and a few other families, decided to go to South Padre Island one last time before we travel north to MN on Dec. 12th. Mom, if you're reading this, bring blankets in the car when you pick us up at the airport...seriously.
Paul Wilson, enjoying the sun, sand, sounds, and smells of the beach one last time. 
Jordan and Ben stayed occupied by playing in the sand and digging for "who-knows-what".
Right before our picnic lunch one of the guys caught a small crab and everyone was entertained by looking at the small details of the crab's shell and legs.
Jordan insisted that I take this picture of him on "his" wooden pallet, which he told me was a leftover piece of someone's raft to escape from the pirates.
Kyle and Peter Wilson provided more fun by showing our kids how to find and dig for small sea creatures.
"Look Grandma, a sea shell!"
Everyone was tuckered out by 2 pm, especially Kaylee, who usually takes a nap around then. She did find a comfy position under the towel for a short break time.
There are things we will not miss about language school and South Texas (like tests and chiggers), but going to the beach is not one of them. We will soon fly back to the "reality" of real winter on Dec. 12th. We look forward to seeing many family members and friends one last time before we fly to Chile on Jan. 12th. But as we leave South Texas, we will also leave what has become a second family.
We will miss all of you guys and will remember all of the good times we've had while going to language school together.
1 comment:
Love these pictures! I'm so glad you had time for one more beach getaway - we also have special memories of those!!
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