Galveston Beach, 2015

We spent Memorial Day weekend in Galveston again this year! We met my cousins (Anne, Kate, and Nate) and their families in Galveston for a wonderful weekend. We laughed and ate some great food and made lots of memories.

first evening after dinner...on the beach

Tom

Walker

(same picture of Walker, just using a different editing process)

The boys...I think they were chilly.

Walker LOVED his boogie board.

Both Lainey and Walker loved playing with "Baby Beeba" (sweet Baby Eva will never outgrow that name, I'm afraid...). 

Saturday fun on the beach

hehe

Lucie

Eva

Eva was such a great sport. She loved the beach! And the sand!

The kids were trying to keep water out of this giant hole they were digging. Impossible. But fun to try. :)

Eva helped. :)

Walker chased a lot of waves. He LOVED running in and out of them.

Ben spent a lot of time playing in the ocean, too! You can see his head if you look closely...hear the horizon. :) 

This wasn't their best idea. :)

Oddly comfortable. :)

More love for the boogie board!

When the rain came through on Sunday morning, we spent the morning inside and then spent some time filling (and smashing) water balloons!

My cousins and I did this every summer as kids...so it's fun to carry on that tradition. :)

And Walker LOVES Baby Eva. He insisted that he sit next to her at meals. It was precious.

Walker also spent some time finding clams and rescuing them. Then he would "help" them by burying them again. He was fascinated by that whole process. 

Yum. Ice cream. :)

Tom (4), Andi (9), Eva (15 months), Lainey (7), Lucie (2-1/2), Walker (5), and Charli (5)

A comparison...2014 vs. 2015. Same house, same group of kids, one year later. :)

And a data point...Walker likes to do weird things with his hands. :)

Lainey and Andi are such sweet friends AND cousins. They have a lot of things in common; I think they would be good friends if they both lived in the same city!

Lainey and Andi with Charli

And with Lucie. :)

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We had so much fun this past weekend. But, as usual, I failed to get any pictures of the moms! And I only got a couple of Ben! I promise, we were all there the whole time. Next year, this will be my goal...pictures of the adults...! :) Walker, once again, cried when we left. He didn't want to leave "Galveston Beach." :) I'm already looking forward to next year! Thanks everyone for a memorable trip!