Memorial Weekend

For Memorial Weekend we went to Matagorda. This was exciting for a few reasons...1. The house was complete in its renovations, 2. This was Gabe's first time to Matagorda- yes, after 9+ years of dating and marriage, he had never been, 3. We were finally going as a family, 4. As always... Mom's cooking, and 5. Time with the family!

We went to the beach on Saturday. This was my first time back to this beach in about 15 years!! I couldn't believe it when I actually had to stop and think about it. And we used to go to Matagorda all the time when I was younger. Well, it felt like all of the time when I was a child. It holds a lot of memories for me.
This time to the beach wasn't a very fun memory, unfortunately. There was lots of seaweed, TONS of mosquitos, some other kind of green bug that stung when it landed on you, and I was afraid my kids were going to get run over. Crazy! This one definitely won't go down in the record books as "FUN AT THE BEACH!" :) I think we stayed maybe a hour...oh well.

The rest of the weekend was spent lounging. If you ask my Mom, she would say that this is Sandra's and my favorite thing to do. :)
We did have a few good laughs, a poker tourney, and good food. And a trip to Matagorda will never be complete without an adventure with my Dad and his boat. Lucky for Gabe he was one of the victims to my Dad's boat breaking down in the middle of the river and then floating back home. Lol! I like to refer to this as his initiation. Lol!