island visitors!!

our first island visitors .....

John and Nisreen

 

went to the beach the first day. John is scoping out the best place

for our newly purchased umbrella to go...

ah yes, and Jordan begins the dig out...

ta dah! Our new umbrella. I didn't realize that I would be the

one digging all those holes for the umbrella after he left for training!!

chillin under the umbrella....dorito style...

in the water. Jordan wanted to play games like "who can hold a handstand the

longest, and who can run the fastest back to the shore." reason #1 I stayed

on the beach. haha

we went to the Aquarium at Kemah that night! It was so pretty inside!

 

                                                   typical guy pose here...

on top of the aquarium is a really neat rooftop terrace. It is so beautiful, we got to see

the sunset on Galveston Bay! and hear the band, as well as see the crazy fire 

juggling, chair holding, ball dribbling guy! lol

I love all the oleander bushes in Galveston!

on the beach day 2-notice some of the sunburns...

ahh...relaxing at moody gardens to bands in the sands. The band was actually really

awesome and the fireworks were good too! Again, another beautiful sunset to 

enjoy with my honey before he left.=)

=)

then my family came to visit for the 4th of July (notice

our super festive clothing...except josh's purple polo...)

 

at Kemah again...they'd never been. that's what happens when

you live in a vacation spot, you get to visit all the same places

over and over=) haha

It was SOOOOOO hot on the 4th.

 

waiting on seawall for the fireworks!!

Josh is not a fan of fireworks by the way. We said he was 'unpatriotic' for that one.

this picture came out really weird, haha. our faces look plastic.

 

yay! tons of people as you can see. we were kind of sitting far back.

Hotel Galvez for breakfast -so yum.

and then some shots my mom took of me randomly by myself! 

of course, I sent them all to jordan, haha.

by the way, I dug the hole for the umbrella this time!

out at the Hilton pool!! soakin it in!

we did the tour at the bishop's palace. it was so neat to see the 

beautiful wood and history inside!

Our front at the Bishop's palace. I was so sad to see them go!

boo.

I have had more visitors since then, but I'll have to save it for another blog=)

thanks for reading!!

family.

Since we've moved to Galveston, its been hard not to miss family! We have been so used

to both sides of our families being within 45 minutes of us. Its such 

a blessing to have both sets of families and to get along equally with

both. I know that is not the case in most marriages, and its something 

we are very grateful for.

Before we left we decided to 'share' time between the families.

Here we are at my parents house the night before we left:

getting to hold Tillie one more time!!

He looks good with a baby doesn't he? =)

matt and peyton playin in the pool.

my dad-the fierce griller!

then we all got our 'rock band' on! it was soo funny!!

josh was quite the singer. especially for jackson 5 songs=)

i tried the drums....tried

then madeline had her way with the microphone!!!

before that we were at the Carls house. Jeff and Becca

happened to be visiting for Jeff's sister's graduation that was near that same time.

IT was so great to get to see them (since they live in Kansas) and 

their super cute kiddos!

We decided to take some family photos!!

That's a lot of kids! =)

From the left (for those of you who aren't familiar with

who's who): Jeff and Becca (Jordan's sister and husband) and 

on their laps Jayce and Grace

then there's me and Jordan, with his little brother and sister on our laps:

Gabe and Emma.

Then Kelsey (Jordan's sister) and our newest nephew Hayden! =)

Holding Hayden!!

I love this picture! And I really miss my husband!!

For those of you who don't know, Jordan is in Alabama currently fulfilling

his Air Force Officer Training for his Health Professions

Scholarship. Its hard to be here on the island without him and without family.

But I've had plently of visitors which has been so fun!

We've never had a place where people could come visit 'comfortably' so I really

love that about our new place. I'm hoping to take some updated pictures and 

post about the new house soon!! 

But, if you'd like to come to the beach, we are right here!!!

We miss our friends and family. hope to see them soon!