The Best Day

I have had one of the most memorable weekends ever. Words will not even be able to do it justice. I wish that I had some more pictures to share, but I was too busy having fun to stop for a picture.

Kyle arrived in to Houston late on Friday night. We slept in (until 11!!) and then got started with our ultimate adventure Saturday. We left the apartment with the intention of exploring downtown on foot. After a little rain and a lot of homeless people, we quickly decided that we needed a new plan. We decided to head to the beach...first stop.. Kemah.

After some lunch and walking around, we decided that we might as well head on down to Galveston. We drove along the seawall and stopped for some tourist t-shirts. My family has a beach lot on Boliver Peninsula so we decided to go take a look at it and get some beach time in.

                                          Here is our beach house before Hurricane Ike

                                      
                                          Here it is right after Hurricane Ike in 2008

 In order to get over to the Boliver Peninsula, you have to take a ferry ( you drive your car on to it). After waiting for about an hour, it was finally our time to board. It is not uncommon to see dolphins swimming a long side of the ferry so naturally, I was keeping a look out. Just as I turned to Kyle and said "Well I guess there aren't any dolphins today.." a few peeked out of the water. I'm pretty sure I squealed with glee.

I hadn't been back to the island since the hurricane, so I wasn't sure if I could find our land, but luckily my memory served me well and we found it pretty easily.

                This is the view if you are standing by the ocean looking at where the house should be

The island has rebuilt and everything looks GREAT! After scouting out the spot in the daylight, we headed over to Stingaree's for some delicious seafood. It was so awesome, I definitely should have taken a picture. We both had the snapper (I had grilled and Kyle and pecan crusted). It was dark after dinner so we headed back to the beach to set off some fireworks. We definitely weren't the only ones with that idea, so we got to set ours off and enjoy many shows going on around us as well. Setting fireworks off into the ocean is something I will never forget. 


We caught the midnight ferry back over to Galveston and enjoyed the night view until it started pouring rain and we had to make a run back to our car. The hour drive back to Houston really felt like nothing after the driving back and forth to Dallas that we both have done lately.


One of my favorite things about Kyle is that he has really showed that it is okay to color outside of the lines. I am an extreme type A, follow all of the rules, stick to the same routine, etc, girl. Before Kyle, I hadn't even ever thought of mixing soda when you grab your own out of the fountain! It sounds silly but that's how extreme I am. You order one soda, you get one soda. Now I am a sprite/lemonade/fruit punch drinking girl! I have come so far in this past year... I know my mom is peeing her pants reading that I ate snapper! When Kyle used to suggest that I try something or do something that was out of my comfort zone, he was always greeted with an ehhhhhhhhhhh, I don't know.... Now I say sure without hesitation. Saturday was all on me to come up with spur of the moment ideas. 

All of this to say a day full of non-plans turned in to one of the best and most perfectly planned days that I have ever had. 







Coming up.....some of my favorite food and products this summer. Check back for my next post. I hope you all had an amazing weekend!