My weekend surprise

My hubby is not big on presents or surprised but this weekend he did both in a big way. For the past month I have been harassing him to get a pool.We don't make big purchases without consulting the other so I've been in harassing/whining mode for weeks now to get him to agree. The first answer I got was after vacation so after vacation I went into overdrive. Then all I heard was wait a little longer. That usually means no so I was pretty bummed. 

Got up Sunday morning and wanted to go fishing. Daniel said he didn't feel like it but boy when his friend called he was up and running. I asked why he was calling before 8am and Daniel tells me "Just to check in" I didn't believe it. So when a little while later when Daniel goes outside "for a few minutes" and then drives off I hit the roof! I told the boys to go ahead and get ready and we'd just go fishing anyway. We get loaded up and Daniel and his friend return and I give him a talking too. Took boys fishing return a few hours later and Daniel tells me to come outside to check something out. I think he's probablly showing off something in the mancave so imagine my shock to see this!!! 

Come to find out he bought this days before we went on vacation and had taken it to his friend's house to hide! His reasoning was if he'd brought it home I'd want it up and it would be green when we got home. Why he waited another week he didn't say. I think he might have enjoyed my harrassing/whinning while knowing he already had one stashed somewhere. 

The kids were as excited as I was. 

Billy couldn't even wait for it to fill up. 

When asked if it worth me gripping at me that morning Daniel says yes the shocked look on my face was worth it. I think I was shocked enough I stuttered for about an hour. For a change he was right and I was wrong. LOL

Trip the coast!

Last year we had our first family vacation and took the kids to Florida to visit Daniel's oldest son. We went during Spring break so the water was a little cold so this year I wanted to take the kiddos back to the coast when they could swim without their teeth chattering. When I was little we always went to Port Aransas so we decided to repeat history and take my kiddos there. We found a state park where you could camp on the beach or just over the sand dunes. We chose over the sand dunes with electric and water. It was great. The sites were nice and Daniel put up all sorts of shade and we were walking distance to the beach..

The kids could barely wait to get in the water. Daniel saw the waves and decided we needed a board to play with too. That was a big hit with the kiddos.

We spend half of one day just exploring the island. We found the ferry that I remember riding as a kid. They kids loved driving the car up onto the boat but thought the ride was way to short.

We also enjoyed the fishing. Daniel liked fishing off the jetty but I get caught on any rock around so I hated the jetty. We did find a nice little bay across the road and went fishing there. It felt just like being in lake. I told Daniel I need to catch something weird looking so I knew I was in saltwater. So what did I catch???? A saltwater catfish!! Ugh!

However I did also catch a huge blue crab.

After 4 nights of camping were all getting ready for the comfort of home but decided to drag the trip home out by stopping in San Antonio to visit the Alamo. The kids and Daniel loved it. It was a nice end to our week vacation.I've also decided it's time for a pop up camper. While I like camping in tents because it's "real" camping I've decided I want a real bed, A/C, sink, and fridge. I completely expect to have one by next summer.