What I Did Over Summer Vacation
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 11:04PM OK, since I wasn't that great at posting pics of anything we did this Summer I thought I'd do a shortish summary of what we did over our Summer break.
First, there is Hilton Head Island:
Oh, man, look at Vienne's hair. Sometimes I miss it.
We walked on the beach at sunset. The girls were able to catch so many sea creatures: sand dollars, hermit crabs, and other weird unidentifiable things. Vienne even saw a sting ray swim by her. I didn't believe her until a man said it swam by him too. This night as we were walking on the beach a family was fishing and they caught a baby shark! Freak out.
I believe that this is the only evidence I have that I was on this trip. A nice man, who turned out to be a photographer, asked us if we wanted our picture taken. From that point, I vowed I would always do that in return. I'm so grateful to him now.
Hilton Head Island was beautiful. The whole island is very charming. We got to go out on a boat to see dolphins. Amazing! I really hoped the girls would get to see them. We were nearing the end of the trip and a school of dolphins came up to the boat and swam with us jumping and playing! I would love to go back.
Next up is Austin, Texas. The capital of our fine state. The Hubs really thinks that Summer trips should be educational (I think they must include a beach). So we took the girls on a short road trip to get a little edumacated.
We visited the Texas State History Museum, the state capital building, we saw the bats come out from under the Congress Avenue bridge, we visited the Austin Children's Museum, the Austin Zoo, and the botanical gardens. Wow, how long was that trip?
They're such great sports, aren't they?
OK, next up was our first ever real life road trip. Over 6 hours long. I remember when I was young, that was the only way we traveled. Mom loaded up the family car, made us food for lunch, and my sister and I fought over who was crossing the imaginary middle line. Road trips have definitely changed since then with the invention of the car dvd player. Brilliant idea. The girls did really well and gave us hope for future road trips.
So, anyway, the road trip led us to Longview, Texas, home of the Great Texas Balloon Race. Well, it wasn't so great and we missed the race. But we did see some hot air balloons. It just wasn't what I had imagined.
I do believe that this is the only evidence of me being on this trip and I took it with the self timer. Let's completely ignore the fact that I am wearing the exact same shirt in this picture as I am in the picture of me above. I knew there was a reason that I don't jump in pictures. I do have other clothes. Darn but the girls are cute, huh?
This was the night glow. They inflate the balloons and burn the fire and the balloons glow. So pretty.
On the way back home, we decided that we were just gonna stop when we saw something that was interesting. One of the stops was a u pick em blueberry farm. SO glad we stopped.
It was so very hot out but all we needed was about 45 minutes to get enough blueberries for an awesome pie and a batch of blueberry muffins. Man they were good.
And that's what we did on Summer vacation. Throw in lots of swimming and a few outings and we'll call it successful. The girls start school tomorrow. They were both asleep by 8:30. They have met their teachers and one out of two is excited to start a new year. 50% is not too bad is it?
Reader Comments (9)
happy first day of school! i hope the other 50% is singing school's praises tomorrow evening.
Sounds like a great summer! Beautiful photos too :)
Sounds like a fantastic summer! Love the pics, makes the family vacation looks like fun again!
That looks like one heck of a great summer! Lots of wonderful memories beautifully captured! Can you beieve it's over already?! whew
I love that photo at the capital. That looks fun and they did it for you. How great is that! So funny about the shirt. At least it isn't a clothes repeat the following year which I have done before.
ps what a great family shot. lucky you! so cute and relaxed everyone looks.
what a great summer wrap up! i have exactly ONE photo on vacation with me in it. i forced a mom at the beach to snap one for us. btw: it's a really cute shirt; i'd wear it twice, too ;).
Wow....You did some great things over the summer. Such fun shots to boot. Love the girls on the beach at sunset, them laying on the floor of the museum, and not that I am fond of clowns....but the balloon was really cool. I look forward to my baby being a little older and enjoying these kinds of trips with my girls. Thanks for sharing your trips. :0)
Beautiful shots of your lovely summer. The girls are growing like weeds and you look lovely in both those photos! Very clever with the self timer :-) The balloons are so picturesque. We had a Balloon and Flower festival every Summer in Southampton and the size and shapes of the different balloons always amazed me.