Sunless South Padre

A little over a week ago, my family enjoyed a trip to South Padre.  Minus Cody, (sad) it was the first time at least the 6 of us had gone on a vacation together in quite a while!  And while we did not have much sun or great weather until our last day at the beach, we still managed to have a good time.  Unfortunately, since we hadn't gotten much sun up until that point, almost all of us forwent sunscreen (you know, to ensure a semi tan at least).  All I could think later that day was, "I've made a huge mistake."  (Any AD fans reading lol??) By the time I felt that I needed sunscreen, of course it was way too late.  I was not the only one of us burned... but I am pretty sure I'm the only one STILL dealing with the consequences.  Five days after my initial sunburn, I started to get mini blisters. And now 10 days later I am peeling all over.  I don't think I've ever dealt with a sun burn a week and a half later. I'm definitely not going without sunscreen at any point again this summer!

While at South Padre we enjoyed four wheeling, lots of pool time, of course the beach, and a trip to the island's Schlitterbahn.  Everyone else also enjoyed lots of seafood while I suffered from the smell and of course the antics of my brothers.  I had lots of seafood pushed near my face, dangled over my plate, once a shrimp was left on my chair while I went to the bathroom.  While I am used to this behavior, I do honestly get extremely upset if seafood actually touches me or my plate/food at all.  Thankfully it did not come to that.  The dinner would not have ended nicely.

Here are some pics from our trip!  Unfortunately my camera battery was pretty much dead and so all pictures are either from mine or my dad's phone.  So they are not the best quality, but better than nothing.

Exploring a pier.

The boys. 

Of course we all took turns taking pictures on these cut outs!
-Daddy

Mama's turn.
Please note Aaron lurking strategically behind her.

Ryan
(Yes, almost all of us did both the guy and girl cut out.
You know it's more fun when you do the wrong one!)

Mom and dad.

Me on the pier
Nobody ever offered to take my picture so I had to take them of myself lol.

Me and Sean at Pizza Hut.
Yes, we did forgo seafood one night for Pizza Hut.  And guess what, we all loved it!  Pizza just sounded good.

Aaron and Daddy at Pizza Hut

All of us 4 kids at our Pizza Hut dinner.

Driving to do the four wheeling, we pulled over and Aaron explored some massive sand dune drifts practically covering the road toward the end of the island.  

Aaron

Me on the left and Sean on the right

Sean

At the beach. The boys did some skim boarding and  boogie boarding.

We definitely ate one night at Louie's Backyard where everyone but me had the all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.

Mama and Aaron

Ryan and Sean

Me, Ryan, Sean, my mom, Aaron -and my dad took the pic.
Nice family dinner, minus the smell of all the seafood!