Austin, Haley, and Baby Macey: Anniversary Trip

The week of May 2nd through May 6th we took a little vacation to Galveston, TX. We went for a couple of reasons: My Birthday, Our 2nd Anniversary, and a time away from work. We had a blast just getting away, even though it wasn't that far from home!

We started the trip Sunday, May 1st by driving to Huntsville to see Tyler and stay the night with him to split our driving trip in half. We chilled with him and cooked a great dinner, steaks on the grill!! YUM! When we woke up the next morning, to our surprise, it was freezing and raining. Wow, what a way to start our beach trip. We loaded up the car and headed to Galveston. Little did we know, the adventure didn't end with the rain. When we got to Galveston, we headed to our house on the bay, where we stayed last time we went for our 1st anniversary. We had forgotten that they didn't allow pets, but we figured it would be ok for our 4 lb dog to be there. Well about an hour after we got there, the wife that owned the house showed up and saw Mia and called her husband. He said we could keep her in the downstairs of the house, which they were turning it into a game room. Well we went down there and it was a mess. There were pesticides and bags of concrete and I knew my curious puppy would be all over it, so we decided to stay somewhere else.

We packed everything up and headed to a pet friendly hotel. We weren't there for too long because we went out to dinner for my birthday but we noticed some gnats and while we were gone, they came and sprayed for them!!!! Dinner was yummy and then we grabbed ice cream on the way back to the hotel and got ready to watch Dallas play LA during the playoffs. While we were sitting and watching the basketball game, we started noticing some of the gnats were still around. The longer we sat there, more and more were showing up... in the bathroom, in the sheets, windows, table... everywhere!! Therefore, I started packing up and Austin went down to talk to the front desk and told them we weren't staying and why. We found another hotel and wanted to go check it out before paying for the week. We showed up and got to see a room, it was AMAZING!!! They had a full fridge, sink, disposal, stove, pots and pans, cups, plates... the full deal. Plus a nice comfy bed and best of all, NO GNATS! I think we finally got settled into our room and unpacked at about 11 that night. What a day it was!!!

Tuesday was our first day to the beach! We LOVE Crystal Beach so we rode the ferry over there for the day. It was super windy and pretty chilly, but not too bad sitting in the sun. We ended up playing on the beach with sweatshirts and jackets and Mia in her sweater. We played fetch with her until lunch time when Austin cooked hamburgers on the grill. Super yummy. After lunch, we took a nap in the car. By the time we got done napping on the beach, it had warmed up a little. We layed out, in our swimsuits (YAY!!!) and even stuck our feet in the FREEZING water! We headed in early and went out to eat that night.

Wednesday we headed back to Crystal Beach for the day. Did the same as the day before... hanging out on the beach and playing fetch with Mia! We cooked hotdogs on the grill for lunch and layed out and played with Mia (and a little in the water!!!) the rest of the day.

Thursday was our last full day in Galveston so we went slept in, grabbed lunch, souvenir shopping, did the duck tour and layed out on the beach off the seawall. It was a good way to spend the day together!!!! That night we got all dressed up and ate at Landrys for dinner. It was DELICIOUS!!!!!

Friday we woke up and packed up the hotel room. Since I had never been to Kemah, we thought we would check it out!!! It was so much fun!!! We at lunch at Joes Crab Shack and rode the boardwalk beast which was this boat that went super fast and got us soaked!!! Then since there were no pets allowed we went to check on Mia. We got some AC running in the car, took her on a little walk, and put some ice in her water. When we went back to the boardwalk we rode a rollarcoaster (which was a BLAST), rode the ferris wheel, and rode these swings that went really high! It was so much fun and worth it since I won't be doing any of those things for a while now that I am a little more pregnant!!!! Once we were all done, we grabbed an Icee and headed back to Georgetown!!!! We definitely had a blast and I can't wait to do it again next year for our 3rd anniversary with a baby :)