For my Grammie! She turned 81 this week and we celebrated on her actual birthday with Taco Tuesday and ice cream. Then this weekend we celebrate again with family!
We love you Grammie!
On the way home from the beach
The day we had to travel home from the beach was also my birthday so we took it easy because I didn’t want to be scrambling. The girls gave me this card with 40 candles when I got up.
We stopped for a photo of this guy that the girls liked.
We stopped for BBQ for my birthday lunch. YUM!
I told the girls they needed to take a nap. Dani got mad and put her blanket over her head to pout. Then promptly fell asleep. Outside of Austin we stopped at IKEA to give the girls a long stretch break and to check out the beds for Amelie. We also had dinner there and Mike bought the girls each a toy which they love when going to IKEA.
The drive home was nice. I got lots of texts and phone calls wishing me happy birthday. The funniest call was from my brother who told me he was sorry I was turning 40 because once he turned 30 it was all downhill (he is 32 now). The most exciting call was from my sister Tahni who called from Belgium and I hadn’t heard her voice since July.
Beach 2015 – Day 7
The red tide was horrible again so we headed for Sea Turtle Inc which is a rescue and hospital for the turtles around the island.
This is Allison. She has a prosthesis to help her swim multiple hours a day with a volunteer “watcher”. We got there in time to see them put it on her and swim around. The story of all the trial workups is really interesting. You can check out their website here.
I was trying to get a photo of this girl and she kept swimming by and splashing me.
The girls with Gerry who has been on TV as a representative of Sea Turtle Inc.
The girls wanted to take this photo, but they were so tired and the red tide fumes were so bad that it was becoming unbearable. After this we headed back to the condo so the girls could nap and we could start packing up. It was a really good trip overall, but no red tide would have made it perfect.
Beach 2015 – Day 6
The red tide was so bad when Mike checked the beach this morning that we decided to head to one of our other non-beach activities. We drove off the island over to Port Isabel to go and visit the Sea Life Center. We basically had the place to ourselves, so the girls got a lot of attention and at closing time, Nadia even got to lead a tortoise back to his pen for the night. It was basically the highlight of the trip for her. The girls also got to hold hermit crabs and a starfish, plus they all fed the tortoise.
We had a really nice time and learned about the animals at the rescue center. The woman who runs it gave our girls a bag of very cool shells when we left which I thought was so sweet.
After the Sea Life Center we went next door for ice cream at this cute little place. We also bought salt water taffy and had a nice chat with the woman who owns the place. She suggested that we go across the street to her friends little shop called “Art Sea Gallery” and it was so cute! Mike bought the girls souvenirs and bought me the neatest stained glass light up sea turtle for my birthday.
We had a lot of fun wandering around Port Isabel taking photos before heading back to the island for dinner.