I had one of the best vacations of my adult life this past weekend when we joined my sister, my older brother, and his wife at a beach house on Crystal Beach, Texas. While the name "Crystal Beach" is clearly just a marketing ploy (the water is just as silty as every other part of the Texas gulf), the beach was not crowded, and we could walk the two blocks from the house we rented to the beach with ease.
Ben was super duper excited to go to the beach as well, and he even got pretty brave splashing in the surf (until a larger wave knocked him and his uncle sideways). After that, Ben retreated above the waterline and played in puddles. He had so much fun-- and I got to have an awesome amount of fun, too, since there was a rotation of five loving adults to help watch over him. I feel like it's been at least ten years since I really got to play neck-deep in the waves, and it was incredible!
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| Clay & Ben walking back to the house |
There were only two downsides to Crystal Beach. First, the fact that Crystal Beach is on the Bolivar Peninsula, and you have to either take the 1 hour+ ferry or drive 1 hour+ from Galveston. And second, the enormous, stick-to-you even-as-as-you-walk-in-the-wind monster mosquitoes: super gross. Luckily, the giant mosquitoes stayed pretty close to the ground, so because the beach house was up on stilts, the porch was mostly safe from the disgusting blood-suckers.
The first morning we spent at the coast there was a big storm, so Ben got to watch cartoons all morning while Clay ran an awesome D&D game for the rest of us. We probably spent a total of 8 hours the reminder of the time at the beach, and miraculously none of us uber-pale people got sunburned!
Last Wednesday Ben had been pretty sick with a virus, but was luckily recovered completely by the time we left for the coast on Friday. It was fantastic to have my sister ride in the backseat with him for the 5-6 hour car trip and keep him entertained the whole way. Without her, I would have been a wreck by the time we arrived!
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| Ben didn't appreciate the deliciousness of fresh coconut |
Ben was in a wild, happy mood this whole weekend (he only got a total of 1.5 hours of nap the entire three days we were gone, and he didn't sleep well at night). He loves his aunts and uncle so much, it was pretty special that he got to enjoy this with them. Speaking of which, I feel like I haven't gotten this much hang-out time with some of my favorite people in a really long time. It was wonderful! <3
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| on the ferry ride |
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| being entertained by Aunt Sandy |
| **photo credit for the at-the-beach pictures goes to my sister, Nic, and
brother, Matt who bravely brought their phone to he beach while mine
stayed safely at the house. | | |  |
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I had one of the best vacations of my adult life this past weekend when we joined my sister, my older brother, and his wife at a beach house on Crystal Beach, Texas. While the name "Crystal Beach" is clearly just a marketing ploy (the water is just as silty as every other part of the Texas gulf), the beach was not crowded, and we could walk the two blocks from the house we rented to the beach with ease.
Ben was super duper excited to go to the beach as well, and he even got pretty brave splashing in the surf (until a larger wave knocked him and his uncle sideways). After that, Ben retreated above the waterline and played in puddles. He had so much fun-- and I got to have an awesome amount of fun, too, since there was a rotation of five loving adults to help watch over him. I feel like it's been at least ten years since I really got to play neck-deep in the waves, and it was incredible! 
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