Granbury Vacation

Last week we took a little family get away to celebrate my 30th birthday. {Did you miss my last few posts? I turned 30.} The morning of my birthday Eva ran in our room saying, "Pappy Burbay!" Probably the cutest birthday wish I got all day. Then she was excited for me to open my presents. She literally just sat right there at the table waiting for me. 

After breakfast we packed up and headed to Granbury, Texas. When planning a get away we wanted someplace easy to take a two year old that was less than 2 hours away. Granbury is a fun little town to wonder around. Not tons to do, especially during the week, but enough for it to be different than sitting at home.

Downtown Granbury is very similar to downtown Denton,except that I felt like the shops in Granbury had slightly more things that I would tend to purchase.

Just before sunset we went to the Granbury beach. This was Eva's first time to go to a beach. True, it's not exactly the Pacific Ocean, but it was still beautiful. 

Running through the sand! So free. 

Walking along the shore. The water was cold but we put our feet in anyway. And then there was that time she fell in....we will just skip over that part.

One of my new favorite photos of us! 

Sunset at the beach was my favorite part of the whole trip. It was so peaceful and we were the only ones there. 

Ahh. Toes in the sand. Nature's pedicure.

If this was a painting it would be entitled, "Handsome Man at Sunset." 

Then it was time for dinner. We thought we'd hit up some place local. The concierge at the hotel said this was was good so we thought we'd try it out. We walked in and for the longest time no one acknowledged that we were there. We sat our selves....and waited....there were people at the bar area but no one who looked like they would be helping us. Sometimes I feel like we find ourselves in awkward situations. We kept thinking, "Do they actually serve food here?" No menus. No waitress. Nothing.

We finally did end up eating some catfish and it was okay, but the better part of the night was giggling about the awkwardness of the place. I think maybe it was a front for some secret business. I don't know.

Eva got to stay in a hotel for the first time! She was pretty excited when we told her we were all going to sleep in one big bed. I should share that since she was a little baby she has never slept with us. I would love to have had a baby that wanted to sleep and snuggle. Eva was never that baby. Any time we've ever put her with us she played and played and never ever slept. No co-sleeping for us. 

"Hi guys. Look how big I look in this conference chair. Ready for my next meeting." 

So then it was bedtime. We let her watch a movie to settle down. Then we embarked on the worst few hours ever. Trying to get her to go to sleep in the same bed as us was a nightmare. I'm sure that seems like I'm exaggerating. I'm not. She would not sleep. She got so worked up and was crying and disobeying in every way possible. I was crying and sure that we would be asked to leave the hotel. When she FINALLY went to sleep hours later I was so relieved. This was the low point of our get away. I'm not sure how I expected the hotel part to go, but it definitely wasn't like that. On to happier things.....

Early morning back at the beach! After our long night some play time on the beach was in order. I hadn't figured in how cold it would be at 9 AM in November so we were partially frozen.

Feeding the ducks! We didn't actually feed them. We would drop a shell, they would flock to us, they would realize it was only a shell, they would walk away. Repeat a hundred times. 

Chilly and somewhat tired, but so happy to be at the beach together. That's what makes family time special.

Then we went back to downtown Granburry to do a bit of shopping. We shall count this as Eva's Santa picture for the year. She was very shy and nervous. It was only a statue.

I will say, that every time we went out to eat Eva was so well behaved! You can never be sure how a hungry toddler will choose to act at a restaraunt and I was so happy that she made good choices. I gave her tons of praise and kisses and thanked her for being such a blessing at each meal. I will allow those sweet moments to replace my memories of sharing the hotel bed with her :)

Thankful for a good trip with my family!