Beach Time!

We went to Mom and Rich's beach house on our first family trip of the summer a couple of weeks ago.  Charlotte and Vanesa went a week early for a girls week with Nana, and Hunter headed down with Katie and Zack Sunday.  Mom texted me a couple of pictures of the kids before we got there...

They were already having a blast and ready for us to join them!  Grey, James and I headed down after I left work that Monday.  Grey did awesome in the car.  Here's our one pit stop for lunch...

We arrived late Monday night and went quickly to bed.  The next day Courtney, Nathan and Keira arrived.  The kids were so excited to meet Keira for the first time!  Until they got there, we just hung out around the house in our pjs.  Grey loved pushing chairs around the kitchen the whole week...

He had just started walking, so I think he liked to have the chairs as a sort of safety net.

 

There was some trouble with Courtney and Nathan's connecting flight and then with their luggage, so by the time they got to the house, they just wanted to relax until dinner.  The Brooks were getting cabin fever, though, and had to get out, so we headed into Port Aransas with Mom for a little bit...

Then we came back to the beach house to pick up the rest of the fam and we all went to dinner at Doc's for Mom's (belated) birthday...

The next day, the girls went shopping while the boys hung out at the house.  We had such a fun time!

Char almost got her ears pierced at Claire's in the mall.  She's been asking for months and when she saw an older girl in line to get her cartilage pierced, she wanted to go next.  We waited forever to watch, but after Charlotte saw her getting pierced, she changed her mind:)  Fine with me!

After shopping, we all headed out to the beach...

LOVE this picture...

We came home tired and dirty, so we cleaned up and had dinner...

Then played board games!  A family favorite for sure:)  It was probably my favorite thing of the trip.

The next day we headed back to the beach, but it was SO windy, that the Smiths headed back home immediately because sand kept blowing in sweet Keira's face.

That night, everyone was a little sunburned and beat!

Look at all those tired kiddos!

The last day we were all together, we took pictures in our matching JABS t-shirts that mom made.  JABS stands for Johnson, Anson, Brooks, Smith...Rich came up with it:)  Each family got a different colored shirt...

Poor Zack was so sick with a fever that morning, but sat for the grandkid picture anyway.  He was a trooper!

Sadly, it was time to head back home, so the Smiths, Johnsons, and Brooks went for lunch at the Italian restaurant on the island...

The next day, the rest of us were home, but the Ansons were still there with Mom and Rich.  Zack was much better, so they went back to the beach...

And got a smiling pic of Zack in his JABS shirt...

 

Excited for our next reunion!