Summer Vacation in Harlingen

The second half of our vacation was spent in Harlingen visiting with Pops and Ninny.   The kids and I spent a week there and then drove home with a little help from Pops.  Daddy, however, had to get back to work, so he flew home after four days.  While we were down south we spent a good deal of time at the house, watching movies, swimming in the pool, spending time with Ninny, who can't easily leave the house, and doing our best not to break things!  When we could, we went our and did some fun things around the Valley. 

One day Daddy and I took the kids to South Padre Island for a little beach time.  The weather was just about perfect without too much wind and just the right amount of cloud coverage. Nico had another chance to fight the waves and build in the sand before the summer runs out on us for the year.

Another day Daddy, Pops and I took the kids to the Brownsville Children's Museum.  Like at other children's museums, Nico thoroughly enjoyed playing in the pretend grocery store. He had a great time running from one pretend area to the next for quite some time and Natalee even seemed to be entertained while we were there.
One of the best parts of the trip was watching my 97 year old grandma, Ninny, see Natalee, her first great grand-daughter for the very first time.  Ninny just adored Natalee and couldn't get over how pretty she is and how "straight her legs are" (I am not sure what that was about). I think I can pretty much say that I have had the best grandmother a person could ever ask for, and it is such a blessing seeing her with my own children now. 

Natalee and Ninny together for the first time.

Pops loving on his little grand-girl.

Pops and Nico shopping at the Brownsville Children's Museum.

Cheching out at the grocery store.

Nico is now the cashier.

What a smile!

Natalee loves her Pops.

Little cowgirl!

What a big girl!

Kisses!

My boys playing together.

Nico caught a fish!

Sitting on her Daddy's neck for the first time.

I think Pops loves this little princess.

Woo hoo...beach time!

Swimming in the pool at Pops' house. This little girl is chilling out in her float.

Nico loved swimming everyday!  He never wanted to get out of the pool.

Lounging...working on his tan.

I love this boy and his smile is worth a million bucks!

Happy girl in the water.

"Look at me, I am a fish!"

Big smiles!!!

Precious boy!

So handsome and I love that he had so much fun!