Palm Beach

We went to palm beach yesterday, which is a water park in Galveston that's part of Moody Gardens. Enoch still has an aversion to playing with water, so maybe it's weird we went to a water park. But we still had fun.

I love that hat and so do you

Enoch feeling cool in his life jacket, making sure to stay away from the water

Lazy rivers are so much more fun with little kids! I wonder how long that lifeguard was following us

We took Michael on the lazy river, too, and he was actually sleeping the whole time, which made going through all the little waterfalls really fun.

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Sharon's first water slide!

Enoch's first water slide!

Having fun yet?

This little kiddo water playground was pretty cool. 

Brotherly love

It's starting to get a little bit hotter outside, but it still feels great in the shade. People always complain about Houston being hot, but now that we've almost been here a year I'm starting to form my own opinion, and I think it pales in comparison to Tucson.

Anyways, we've been trying to take advantage of the weather by going out for walks every night after dinner recently. One of our favorite things is watching Enoch pull Michael along. They both seem to get a really big kick out of it. I hope they keep up with being each other's pal.

 

 

Spring Break in Galveston

This week was my spring break and we went camping in Galveston. It was a blast. It was also a lot of work, and probably more difficult than we anticipated due to excess wind, a new tooth, and the start of colds for both kids. Sharon is an absolute champ for going. We spent 3 nights camping at Galveston State Beach Park, which is awesome because the campsites are just 50 meters from the beach. If it wasn't for the 25 mph winds that popped up our 2nd and 3rd days, it would have been paradise. We still managed to have a lot of fun between the random pyscho crying I'm so overwhelmed about everything and I'm only a baby why am I camping fits that Enoch and Michael sometimes had. When we weren't at the beach, we spent a lot of time at Moody Gardens. Kids 3 and under are free, making it a reasonable deal for a family.

Rather than say more, I'm just posting lots of pictures. I think it's the most pictures I've ever had in one post, but it's easier to look at pictures than read a story, right?

Right behind those dunes is the beach!

Our little nest

Things were great until it got windy. I thought the tent was going to break. I slept on the windy side and almost got suffocated by the tent several times.

 

 

Enoch was petrified of the water the first day and would only stay by our stuff. It was weird because last time he loved the water.

 

2 rad dudes and a rad mom

Hashbrowns

I can't believe they are both looking at the picture and smiling at the same time.

This pier looked fun until we realized they charge $5 per person to go on it.... lame. The end of it is still destroyed from Hurricane Ike.

The Galveston sea wall.

The Moody Gardens pyramids. Blue is the aquarium, white is the rainforest, and red is the bodies exhibit and movies. This was taken on the old colonel paddle wheel boat. 

The rainforest pyramid

cutest baby seal ever

carcharodon megalodon jaws

The last windy day at the beach. His jeans are wet... he actually touched the water all by himself!

The kids were about exhausted by the end

Picasa has some fun new editing tools... You have to look at it full size to appreciate it

For some reason I think the neon effect is cool. Lower right is a "60's" look. 

2 snippets

I love this picture.

I also love watching Michael try to learn how to crawl.