once upon a time

once upon a time, i was a blogger.

a blogger who would post weekly, sometimes more.  not just this once-a-month nonsense.

y'all.

i have so many excuses, i don't even know where to start.

but let me say, every day i am not at work, children are in my care.  and once they are finally in bed (glory, glory, hallelujah), i draw.  i have so many orders currently (hooray) that i am behind (boo) and am drawing every evening after the kids go to bed until i do.

good news: this year crosby will be at school for part of the day every day.  so i rearranged my work schedule to have some time at home during the week while my children are at school, so that i can draw uninterrupted, possibly grocery shop without a little person begging me to buy them something, and the best part, blog without having to stop a million times to fetch snacks/milk/answer questions and/or wipe a butt.

anywho, on to the blogging!

we didn't plan a big, bad vacay this summer for a number of reasons.

we've had a super-expensive year, wedding festivities occupied the first half of the summer, etc., etc., etc.

so we planned a weekend get-away to galveston with my sister's family.

it was the perfect way to wrap up our summer with a cute little bow.

we rented a house in pointe west and will likely not stay anywhere else.  

i had prepared myself for brown water, seaweed, potential jellyfish.

i in no way expected a gorgeous, sandy, private beach.  green water.  dolphins playing.

it was perfect.

our kids were ready to move there.

we were only there for a short time and were able to cook most meals at home.  and per usual, the grown-ups sat and talked on the back porch until the wee hours of the morning after we put the kids to bed every night.  so we did't really get a ton of rest on this vacation, but we did have the best time.

we went to town one night for the obligatory souvenir shopping trip where my boys begged for shark tooth necklaces that they wore for a total of twenty-five minutes after purchase.

we ate fried seafood and tried on dumb hats.

our trip was too short.  next time we want to surf, fish, and play putt-putt (per the boys' request).

but man, even if our dose of the beach was only a couple of days, two days are better than no days.

we are ready to go back.

p.s. don't you worry, we spent $50+ on snacks for the drive home.  smh.

did anyone of you sneak away for a weekend this summer?

did you take a big family trip?

i'd love to know.

p.s. stay tuned, once crosby goes back to school, i'll be able to schedule regular posts!  hooray!  i have so much tell you about.

xoxo