Beach Babes

We took baby girl to the beach. Her first beach trip. She made the whole drive only to get antsy once we reached the island. 1st stop was the beach of course. I nursed her a little, but then we just couldn't wait any longer. Daddy was already out there picking shells! As soon as I lifted her hat and she could see the ocean she started cheesing. She immediately had a goofy grin and a wide eyed expression. It made me so happy. Us so happy. To share one of our biggest passions with her and also our favorite destination. We had arrived!
The salty air, the sea breeze, the clear skies and sunshine...the ocean waves that were rolling to our feet to meet us. What a welcome!
And to know that this is only the first of a lifetime of trips here, to this beach...well, that made my soul smile!

Goodbye Groovy-Hello Sandy!

So much to say.
Groovy has been in the family for a long time. We got the privilege of having her when Matt graduated from Texas State. Tom and JL got a new vehicle and since we only had one and were living in SA and not just SA, but the Helotes area of San Antonio-the land where you can't walk anywhere, we got to have Groovy.
We have been oh so many places in Groovy. We've even camped in the back of her on numerous occasions. One of Her favorite places to go was the beach. We could pack so much up in her.
But over the years things in her stopped working or repeatedly broke. Then gas prices sky rocketed and her gas consumption was huge! I loved her still. She was such a help moving us into our home this past year. Without her I don't think we could've done It.
But even more recently the ignition switch was having some problems. The key was worn down and it had a hard time turning on. Sometimes we would try for 30 minutes. Not a very dependable car anymore, especially with the arrival of miss Claire.
I had looked around at other cars and I knew I wanted an SUV again. Matt wanted it to be a 4x4 for the sand at the beach and all our future camping and travels. I loved Matt's Kia and its gas mileage/consumption so the Kia Sorento was a no brainier. Everything about it I needed and loved. So as a Christmas present to Claire and I on the day after Christmas we got to go pick out our car.
This is it!
A Kia sorento LX 4x4 in a titanium color. We named her Sandy. We can't wait to take her places and for all the places and stages she'll take us. Oh the places well go!
My favorite feature of the new car is the push ignition. I don't have to search for my keys. I know they are in my purse so I just put my purse in the car and we can go.
She has a heated steering wheel for those cold days. She has great built in navigation and a back up camera. She has red mood lighting at night, so baby girl never has to be in the dark. Black leather and not only a sunroof but a moonroof. Claire has enjoyed this feature and looking up at the sky. oh and the music systems are awesome- no more busted speakers and we get so many bonus music and Sirius. ;)