6 kids, 6 adults

We just went on a mini vacation for 4 days to Galveston with the Rentfro and Simmons' families. We had a fantastic time with everyone and had the perfect beach house to stay in - thanks to our friends, the Butler's!

We were a little shocked when we arrived to find the beaches COVERED in seaweed! When the tide was high in the morning, it was not pleasant since the water backed right up to the mounds of seaweed and would take the seaweed in and out. The shallow water was taken over by the seaweed. But, you can tell in the picture below, when the tide was out, there was plenty of shallow water to play in away from the seaweed. And at least the section of beach where we were, they groomed it a few times so it didn't cover as much area of the beach.

Kevin, Joe, and Adam had fun catching fish, crabs, and sting rays with the fishing net. They would bring them into a huge bucket that we had and let the kids look at them up close. I think all the adults found it pretty interesting too. The sting rays were all over the place....sometimes, too close for comfort. We probably saw at least 20 during our 4 days there!




Of course, the kids had fun digging in the sand and building sand castles!

We even made sure we had a few indoor activities to enjoy after being in the sun all day. We made cupcakes and each kid got to decorate their own.

Addi is showing hers off below...

Even little Reid, who wasn't feeling great the whole time, seemed to enjoy his cupcake!

The kids all loved riding in the golf cart to and from the beach and around the neighborhood. It was a lifesaver to have this instead of walking back and forth to the beach a million times!

At the beach house, we played downstairs in the yard and under the house (of course that is on stilts). Parker and most of the other kids loved this awesome swing. He was all smiles while he was in this swing!

Since water balloons were such a hit a few weeks ago, what better place to play with them again? I guess this was Cooper's attempt to blow a balloon up for us!

I just love this picture of Tiffany and her babies...Rylee and Parker!

We also brought two bouncy houses to have in the yard. The kids enjoyed those - they thought it was fun when we were tossing the water balloons off the back deck down to the bouncy houses! Can you see Addison's excitement???

Rylee enjoying playing outside...what a sweet little smile! :)

This pretty much sums up the relationship between Cooper and Cole - even with their age difference (2 years), these two have a ball playing together! They are both wild and crazy, but super sweet and adorable at the same time!

The trip was a blast like always...it was hectic and stressful at some points. But what do you expect with 6 kids under 4 1/2, and 6 adults (some of which also act like they are kids!)!