A Day at the Beach

This weekend we packed up our minivan and headed to Port Aransas for our very first Texas beach trip.  I will say that my expectations were relatively low.  The thought of driving 3+ hours to get to a beach sounded like a lot of work after living just 10 minutes from the beach for most of my life.  That's why it took us so long to commit to doing a Texas beach trip.  Six years to be exact.  Port Aransas was not as easy on the eyes as California beaches, but I was pleasantly surprised at how family friendly this beach was.  The sand was very fine, which translates to softer to the touch, cooler on the feet, and more packed and easier to walk on.  The water was ridiculously warm and had a shallow shore that my children could walk out into for several yards before getting in too deep.  We had a great time playing in the sun and sand with our friends, Benedicts and Landreths.