Our Vacation to Galveston Island, June 2009

We had a great time in Galveston last week! Every year Tony's company attends a conference in Galveston and we decided to extend the trip a couple of days and make a family vacation out of it. We arrived on Thursday afternoon at the Moody Gardens Hotel. While Tony attended a reception for clients, Emma and I got settled into the room. She was soon bored so we dressed up and made an appearance. But she was pretty tired since she didn't nap that day at all, so it was a short one.

On Friday Tony had to fly to Dallas for another work event, so it was just Emma and I for the day. We enjoyed a nice breakfast in the hotel and then hit the pool! We swam for about an hour and then went for a drive around the island. Emma's allergies had started up once we arrived on Thursday, so I needed to find a drugstore and get her some Benadryl. After lunch we both took a nap and then went over to the Aquarium at Moody Gardens. Emma was not too interested in the fish. She did however really enjoy the A/C grates on the floor, and climbing up any and all steps she could find. After she lost interest in that we went back to the hotel room. Once Tony arrived we went to eat dinner at The Spot, a famous burger joint on the island. It was really good!

On Saturday morning we got up and went to Schlitterbaun Waterpark for a couple of hours. Emma had the best time! We met Tony's boss and his family there and they were so nice to take Emma for about 30 minutes so Tony and I could ride the River Rapids! Emma loved the slide, and I took her up and slid down with her about 25 times. She just loved all of it! We even took her around the park in the Lazy River. She wore a life jacket and Tony carried her. We got back to our room about 1pm and Emma went to sleep almost immediately. We didn't even eat lunch that day, she was so tired and slept for almost 4 hours! Saturday evening we enjoyed a great dinner with the Harkins' at Fisherman's Warf. Emma was a hoot and entertained all the surrounding tables with her ketchup face painting act. It was quite gross!

Emma woke us up early every day, and Father's Day Sunday was no exception! We were able to get packed up and check out about 9am. We picked up donuts from Home Cut Donuts and headed to Stewart Beach. We wanted to spend a little time there before driving back home. Emma really loved the beach. First she was very interested in the sand, and once she discovered the shoreline and ocean, she was so excited! Tony took her out into the surf for a while, and she loved that too. She found a few shells but was not too interested in them. She dug in the sand for almost an hour, and would intermittently get up and run back to the water. It was an all around great vacation and I hope next year we can do it again!