those summer nights

Where has the month of JULY gone? Summer is going by just too quickly if you ask me. Summer is my favorite time of year. Give me heat and sunshine over winter any day! We just got back from Corpus Christi this last weekend and while we were there I saw a wall plaque that said "The beach is my happy place." It pretty much sums me up! I loved the four years I lived in Utah, but nothing beats being close to the ocean!

So for my July recap, full of pictures...

for the 4th of July the Harris crew piled in the car and drove downtown for a sweet fireworks show. Nick works for Deloitte and they opened up their building downtown to their employees and fam to watch the fireworks. It was the way to go if you ask me. Nice and cool in the AC, zero mosquitos, and free fountain drinks at your disposal. We brought a few snacks and watch the fireworks from the comfort of a Doiloitte conference room.

Downtown HTown.

the crew walking around downtown.

sunset.

me and my hubs being all patriotic.

I just love this kid. He cracks me up.

God Bless America.

A few days later we had the pleasure of celebrating my SIL Sarah's birthday. Happy Birthday Sarah! Her friend Lina surprised her by coming in town and we all got together on the friday before her birthday for a delicious din din. We had another family get together on that sunday to open presents. Love you Sarah! Hope your birthday weekend was great!

cool dude enjoying his first ice cream cone.

the ladies.

me and my fav.

H and I had a little beach getaway to good old Galveston Tx. My parents best friends have a gorgeous beach house down there and are gracious enough to always invite us down there. They have every water toy imaginable so Houst and I decided to try out their kayaks. I would be content to just lay on the sand, listen to the water, and read a book all day long, but Houston...not so much. So it was nice to find an activity we both liked and could do together.

This last weekend we took a little drive down to Corpus. Our good friend Troy and his gf Alicia joined us down there for some fun. We had such a good time on the kayaks the weekend before that we decided to rent some while we were down in Corpus too. Needless to say it's a little hard to take pictures in a kayak, makes me just a little nervous having my camera like a foot away from the water, so we didn't get any action shots but we got one when we were all done.
the four of us after a little workout.

paying homage to Selena.

I don't know about you but my brother and I LOVED the Selena movie with JLo when we were younger. We could quote that movie all day long. So these pictures were for him. I sent him a little text of me and Selena while we were down there. She has been dead for a while but there were tons of people there to see her memorial, all day, every day we were there! those crazy tejano fans.

bffs.

little tidbit: Corpus Christi is home of the original Whataburger.

Houston was stoked and OF COURSE had to go to the two story Whataburger by the Bay.

We also payed a little visit to the USS Lexington, aka Lady Lex. It's an old aircraft carrier that they have since turned into an enormous museum. I've been before but I knew Houston would like it. When we were leaving the hotel I kept telling him, "Trust me you'll want to go see it. If we're going to go then I want to wear shorts." Well I got dressed in comfy jeans for the trip home and needless to say on the way out of town we drove by it and he changed his mind. I had to change in the car! Thank goodness I changed though; it was hot as hades out there!

On the flight deck.

watch your head!

and we're done.

on the way home we took a different route so we could drive along the coast. the water was awesome and I can't wait for another beach trip. Next on the list is the fabulous SPI but that would take a little bit more than a weekend to make the drive worth it!

And last but not least, we celebrated my grandpa's birthday yesterday. Both my Grammie and my Grandpa have birthdays in July. My Grammie turned 82 and my sweet Grandpa turned 94! I love being able to live close to them and share these sweet milestones with them. For his birthday the fam gave Gpa a shadow box with all of his military medals and a picture of him in uniform during WWII. It was pretty awesome and he got all emotional. Grammie got tickets to go see Wicked for her birthday so it will be a family affair this coming Friday. More to come on that; I cannot wait!!!