Port Aransas 2012

Beach trip was fantastic fun again this year even if it was a whole lot more work.  Adding a third (an infant at that!) to the mix was a challenge, but we made it work with even a little bit of sleep here and there.  I look at this picture and still can't believe we are a family of 5.  It's nuts.

We shared a room once again with the wonderful Brown family.  The boys were all beyond thrilled to be reunited.  Will kept up with Matt & Josh and was even able to sleep with them in the bunk bedroom for the first time this year.  All sorts of antics went down in there.  Will has a total man crush on Josh.  He was most looking forward to this trip so he could play with Josh.  So cute.  And then look at sweet Emily!  She and little John got acquainted.  Alison & I both are excited by the fact that Emily has 3 Jones boys to choose from.  The Joneses and Browns could be family!  That's the plan.  :)

We had another large group again this year...not sure what the count was, but there were a lot of us in orange Saturday morning.  Love it.

The kid picture went pretty well this year I thought.  Johnny sat happily in Matt's lap, and Will held Henry's hand so that Henry would be agreeable to standing there and being photographed.

Sadly, the Hampton family was not able to join us this year due to some illnesses in their immediate family.  The guys paid tribute to their missing comrade.

The toddler/kid race was a hoot as usual.  Two Jones boys eagerly participated this year and gave their best effort.  Note the game face.

These were the top 3...Matt and two of the Harvey boys, Ethan & Luke.  They had a race-off, and it was pretty close, but I think Matt came in slightly behind Luke.  They ran and ran on that beach.

Johnathan was a trooper.  He hung out at the beach and was generally very happy to be amongst all the action, sights and sounds of the ocean.  He had a lot of Bjorn time.

And lap sitting time.  And nap time.  I did a lot sitting under the canopies this year, not so much digging in the sand or wave jumping this time around.  That's ok.  Next year.

Alison & I were the ones with babies, so we could commiserate together.  No really, it was not that bad.  Such a cute photo of the Brown women!

Johnny did enjoy the pool.  He even put up with being splashed.

Will and Henry were pretty inseparable throughout the weekend.  Henry came to our condo on a daily basis looking for Will.  They had a blast running around on the beach together and saying potty words and laughing hysterically.  This one with Ashley in the back ground cracks me up.

And then, about mid-morning each day while we were down at the beach Will would wind down and ask to take a nap.  Probably because he'd been up since 6 and going non-stop.  Not wanting to head back up to the condo we put two chairs together and he took a snooze each day.  Crazy kid.

Matt & Josh stuck pretty closely together as well and went non-stop every day.  No surprise there.  Matt did some boogie boarding for the first time and rocked it.  As you can see by his face.

Once again, it was a great trip.  Before heading back to Austin, and before the Browns had to catch their flight, we ate a delightful seafood lunch at Snoopy's.  I can't say it enough, I love that Brown family!  Thank you guys for making it another awesome beach trip.  Weird that last year there were 3 kids and now there are 5!  Wow.  Thanks for the memories, Port A.