Brenda and Bill had scored us a free weekend at the Aransas Princess because some of their friends own a 2-bedroom condo there. Yay! We had a great place to stay and a fantastic view.
Friday was spent at the pool and beach, followed by dinner at Port A Brewing Company, which was recently listed in Texas Monthly's top 50 burgers in the state. We all got them and they were pretty darn tasty, I must say!
After dinner we headed to the Back Porch Bar to see Darryl Lee Rush play -- Darryl is Brenda's little brother and a fantastic musician. BPB is such a fun venue and it's my third year in a row to see the band play there, which is always so fun! A highlight of the evening was Darryl's impromptu birthday song for Blake (Brooke's lil' brother) who turned 27 that day.
Brooke and the birthday boy dancing to "his" song:
As luck would have it, one of Isaiah's best buddies from A&M, Tyler, was in town for a fishing trip, so he met us there for a few hours. We had such a good time, despite the heat and all the sweating! In addition to the six of us staying together at the condo, several of Bren & Bill's friends, Blake and lots of his friends, and a few of the family's cousins were all there. I think we made up the loudest part of the crowd that night. And as if midnight wasn't late enough for two people who'd gotten up in the middle of the night, we headed with the whole gang over to Bernie's bar until 2 when they closed. So we'd been up 22.5 hours by the time we went to bed. But what a fun day!Isaiah & Tyler:
Brooke & Heath:
Isaiah & me:
On Saturday, we slept late, had breakfast and went down to camp out on the beach all day. Thank goodness for our big tent and umbrellas because we were out there from noon to after 7 in the evening. It was such a gorgeous day, the water was so nice and we had such a great time spending time with our friends. We just ate, drank, swam, relaxed and the boys played washers (as usual). That night we were all so exhausted we ordered pizza and hit the hay before 11!
Blake's sweet girl friends all lined up in their chairs:
The boys playing washers:
Auntie Brenda with Darryl and Karin's sweet baby girl, Miss Caroline:
Despite forecasted rain for Saturday, it was a gorgeous day!
Then on Sunday, Isaiah and I took a long walk down the beach together....we did NOT want to leave!
Cute lil' sandpiper I kept trying to get a close-up of:
After a few hours at the pool, we went to lunch with Brooke, Bren and Bill (Heath had to head to the airport earlier...boo!) at Trout Street. It was yummy and then Isaiah and I hit the road to head back to Corpus. And of course, because air travel these days is a freaking nightmare, we were delayed several times and finally had to be put on another airline so we could get home that night. UGH!
I hate flying anymore...nothing ever works out the way it's supposed to and they charge you a billion dollars just to get hassled around all day. All we could think was....we could have spent a few more hours at the beach and we're stuck sitting here in the airport! We finally got home around 11, leaving Isaiah a whopping four hours to sleep before he had to get up for work.
Yesterday morning I picked up our boys from the place we'd boarded them over the weekend. Both of them seemed fine and happy to see me, and Tuggy was no worse for wear. I can't say the same for poor Murphy.....being one of the smallest "on the playground," it seems some of the bigger dogs either used him as a tee-tee post or he just walked through someone's stream. Needless to say he was yucky and stinky and I gave him a bath immediately when we got home.
We're back to our normal routine now and are having Erin's family over for dinner tonight. I just finished making the homemade marinara sauce and will make meatballs later this afternoon for our Italian feast.
Thanks again, Damron family, for such a great weekend. We love you guys!
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