sunburnt shenanies

Today officially marks the two-week countdown until we close on our house. To say we are excited is a vast understatement. We cannot WAIT. I love my parents and all, but it's hard to get us time while you are living with others, I've found. We went out to dinner last night for some us time, but we can't do that every night. Because one, I would be 89385 pounds, and two, we are saving to buy a house. Also, when you go from being around each other all day every day to not, it's kind of hard.

This weekend was a fun one, but I'm paying for it now. And not in the form of a hangover, actually. I must be growing up.

Friday:
I had to work until five - oh the TERROR - and then my sister came over with Reid because her husband was in Vegas on an annual-turned-quarterly boys trip. Reid time is the best time, as I'm sure you've gathered. He is absolutely precious at this age...but really, I'm sure I'll say that at every age.

The most adorable thing was when he sat on A's lap and watched some baseball with him. Reid loves his "ah-day" and anything sports related. Just melts your heart, huh?

Saturday:
The day I'd been waiting for!! I woke up early to leave Houston around 7:30 to meet Ashley at her grandparent's beach house. Of course, Reid woke up just before that (he was singing in his bed, just kill me now with the cuteness) and my mom was going to get milk. I told my sister to sleep in so I watched Reid while my mom was at the store. I have to squeeze in as much Reid time as I can! I finally hit the road around nine and was beach ready by 11.

We were so ready to get out there and get some sun, that we decided it would be an OK idea to use the oil with SPF 12 until the boys got out there with the SPF 30. Yea...that was dumb. It was only about an hour and a half, but I am the color of a lobster. My nose is already blistering, but I'm applying aloe like an addict so my skin doesn't peel.

It may not be the prettiest beach in all the world, but it's a beach and that's all that matters. Poor Ash got dunked in the water by her hilarious brother (oh to be 16 again!) and it resulted in a very sandy bottom. But the water felt great!

After we took one of the most amazing naps we've ever had in  our lives (seriously) we headed to Galveston to have some fun. We watched the boys golf a few rounds at the putt-putt course and then went to the bar across the street for a drink and some MUCH needed H2O. And fried pickles. Those are always much needed.

Dinner time! We met up with the boys and Sue at Salsa's and got another drink each. Ash's beer was MASSIVE - the picture doesn't do it justice - it was about 3X the size of my drink - and I got a Strawberry Sensation. It was AMAZING and the perfect drink after too much sun.

Sunday:
We hit the road around 10 and waited in the longest Ferry line ever (Willis time next time, right Ash?) and then I got back around 1. I immediately headed to the outlets with my sister and A where I got an adorable top and maxi skirt from Loft. Win win!

Like I mentioned earlier, A and I went to dinner for some "us" time. We got chips and queso and salsa to start us off, and we still had all of the salsa left and half of the queso at the end of the meal. (a rarity!) I asked the waiter for some to-go cups for them. He came back with a bag of chips and brand new containers of salsa and queso for us. That made him the best waiter ever in my book and bumped his tip up quite a bit. Customer service counts, people!

That's all I've got for you today. But the good news this week is that I've already started posts for most of the rest of the week - so maybe this will be the first week in FOREVER that I post every day. I think I can, I think I can....