Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learnin' how...

Ryan and I returned home this weekend from our fun start-of- summer beach vacation. We spent 4 days down in Galveston. It was a sweet time to just relax and enjoy hanging out together. The picture above is from dinner on our first night. We got great seafood at a nice restaurant on the pier.

The beautiful sunset view from our table After dinner we were driving around and heard live music coming from an outdoor pavillion. We pulled over and this old man was telling jokes and conducting a band. He also played the trumpet with the band.
And then Ronald McDonald showed up! Seemingly out of nowhere he walked up and did a little show for the kids in the audience. After that he led the kids in a flag holding parade around the pavillion. While the band played the Mickey Mouse theme song. Hmmm....
After a long day at the beach nothing is more refreshing than a couples massage!

Here we are in front of the beautiful hotel that had the spa we went to. This was not actually our hotel. The La Quinta was too beautiful to photograph :)

Does this outfit make me look fat? Oh how I love cut out picture board photos.

Playing on the beach!

I love the ocean waves on my toes!

And I love my wonderful husband!

We almost took Cosby with us, but decided not too so we could sleep in (sorry Cosby...). And then we saw 2 Boston Terriers! One of them was staying 2 floors beneath us at our hotel and the other was playing on the beach! It sure made me miss my little dog.

This other dog loved retrieving a stick from the ocean! I'm sure Cosby would have done that too! Or maybe he would have just laid on the beach.

Ocean injury! Something bit or stung my foot! Ryan thinks it was "just a rock" but I'm pretty sure it was a jellyfish....

I love reading at the beach. I read all of Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks. I've seen the movie but the book was so much better! It was a perfect book for the beach.

Out shopping on The Strand. It's like this store was made for me.

K for Kate!

Ryan made a new friend.

Enjoying an ice cream cone. I loved this store. I got a cute Happily Ever After sign and a Beach Diva martini glass (that I now enjoy milk and orange juice out of every morning!)

Our last night we ate at Salt Grass Steakhouse. The fillet mignon was delicious! Thanks to my mom for the gift card!

Trying to take a self portrait the last night.

Take 2....

And they lived happily ever after.