Friday, October 26, 2007

The Beach in October!

Let me hear a WHOO-HOO for Fall Break! The boys did not have school this week from Wed – Friday, and the break could not have come at a better time for us! Clint’s work schedule has been insane lately and we have not had any time together at all since August, so we were so excited to load up and head to the beach for a few days. We had a blast! It was beautiful and sunny… kinda cool at times, but that didn’t slow anyone down! On our way home we headed into Corpus Christi and went to the Aquarium, which was a big hit as well…. It is always so nice to get away and take a break and spend some quality time with my family… and then it is also nice to be back home!
So now… for pictures… first let me tell you that I downloaded almost 300, so I had to narrow it down… and let me also say that I realize there are more of Bryson that the other 3. There is something so irresistibly cute about a chubby little red-headed baby on the beach!
These first few are our "posed" pics. I was so pleased that it worked out to do these… the sunset could not have been more perfect! And a special thanks to the plastic white chair for holding the camera for the first picture here of all of us… this was about try number 5 on the self-timer, so if I look winded from running back and forth to jump in the picture, you know why! :o)
















Sweet brothers!

One of my favorite pics:
I think he could be in an ad for baby sunscreen.... cute, red-headed, and WHITE!!


These 2 had a blast "running from the waves!"
And these 2 were a little more timid!

We spent lots of time building sandcastles











Here is the "finished product"





Feeding the sea gulls...





Bryson loved the "birrrds"





My little burrito taking a break to warm up!





Onto the aquarium... this was my favorite part... the dolphins are so beautiful. We saw a show where they did all their tricks and then went downstairs to watch them swim and play thru the glass. The boys loved this! How cute is this picture?



Bryson petting the stingray



The crew in front of the USS Lexington... Clint was way more impressed than any of them!


13 comments:

Ginger said...

great pics. You did excellent narrowing 300 pictures down! It would have been impossible for me.

THE RIVERA FAMILY said...

I love the those pics. My favorite is of the boys holding hands side by side all in their cute white shirts on the beach!

Britney said...

Those are wonderful! I love all the family pictures - a professional, high-dollar photographer couldn't have done any better!!!

Elisa said...

Oh, I love those photos! I miss the beach!

Kari Sanchez said...

Beautiful pictures with the sunset! I love beach pictures. And I love the one of Bryson and the seaguls, all are so cute!

Shelley said...

WOW!! What a great break for yall! I am thinking you got some awesome choices for a GREAT Christmas card :)

Anonymous said...

Tommy and I were looking at your pictures.....they are awesome!! I agree that professionals could not have done better! Thank you so much for sharing. We are so glad you were able to do the beach and aquarium. What memories! I bet the boys are excited when they tell others about it! Love you all! Gigi

Amy said...

Can you say...Christmas card pictures?! They are perfect!!

Oh, and I'll give you my address later!!LOL!!

Anonymous said...

Wow what perfect pictures and what a handsome crew!! Your boys are growing so fast!!!

Jennifer said...

what great pics! I'm impressed you got them all to stay still. :-)

Glad y'all had a great fall vacation!

Brooke said...

Super cute pics. I was jealous when I looked at your blog and saw pics of the beach when I was in Cleveland wearing a fleece because it was so cold. And the pics kinda made me miss Corpus, my home away from home this summer and again next summer. You guys will have to come down there next summer during baseball season and go to a game with me and I can hang out at the beach with you guys while Jamey is at the field. Glad you had a great Fall break.

Monica said...

Great pictures. They are all so good. You make being the mom of 4 boys look so fun!!! I always enjoy reading about and seeing your cute family.

Anonymous said...

Summer,
You are such an awesome mother and you make me and Daddy so very proud. You and Clint are doing a great job with this crew...keep up the good work and take time to smell the roses and feel the seaweed, and feed the birds and hear the ocean waves...you will never regret the time that you spent just having fun and making memories...and the pics are FAB!
Love you bunches,
Moma