Island in Paradise...

We took my parents to Little Gaspirilla Island this past weekend to celebrate their 40th Anniversary. We had so much fun and many memories made. We left town after school on Thursday. We arrived at the Island house around 8:00 and made a Mexican dinner of tacos and Mexican dip. It was quick and easy. The next day we woke up to delicious ham and cheese omelets made by my dad. The girls are used to his delicious breakfast spoils them with their own fried toast in a skillet.
We gathered our beach items and headed for the beach. The weather was awesome. It was a little sunny with a breeze and NO humidity, YES!! We enjoyed playing in the ocean and sand. We took a walk on the beach to the end of the Island. We headed back to the house for a lunch of sandwiches and many desserts my Mom made (rice crispy treats, brownies, sugar cookies, oatmeal cookies and chocolate chip cookies. She went ALL out. That afternoon was fishing time. Well, my Mom was quite the fisherwoman. She got at least 11-12 fish. Which is awesome in a 2 day peroid. It was fun because everyone was fishing at the same time. We were all waiting on the big catch. We saw dolphins, sting rays,and jelly fish. It was fun fishing together. We were all getting quite competitive. I am so happy that my family has found a sport that we all like doing together and is fun and relaxing. We went back to the beach house to get ready for a nice dinner at the Fishery Restaurant. I love going in the boat to the Fishery because we get our chance to see the sunset. We had a delicious dinner and headed home for a fun game of Guesstures. In the past, we have played Guesstures with my parents and for some reason it is the funnest game every with them. We have pictures from some of the action.
The next morning we woke up and decided to fish first then the beach. We went out and had another fun day fishing and exploring. We spent the afternoon at the beach. We grilled steak in the evening and watched a few football games. After the game,
Ryan took the kids and my parents on a golf cart ride of the Island while I got a much needed nap. That night at dinner, the girls and I made a suprise anniversary cake. The girls suprised Granny and Grandad after dinner singing "Happy Anniversary to Ya'll" and they pulled confetti poppers. We had a fun time with my parents and we are looking forward to coming down in the summer and renting the house out so that we can get my brother and sister and their families together and make it a once a year outing.

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