Sitting on the dock of the Bay

Dave's brother and his sister both have bay houses on Galveston Island so that is where we spent Thanksgiving this year. I was about to say this was a first but I just recalled one there when Will was a baby too.  It was very casual and lots of fun.  The kids pretty much fished for two days.  I read, took photos, ate and hung out with family.

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Kate whistled while she fished:)

We spent a little time on the beach (clearly I had the wrong kind of shoes for this!)

We even brought Scout with us and she had a BLAST (she doesn't get out much;)





Kate had so much fun digging in the sand. I love that you could see the sun rays on her head.







Kate is such a happy little girl.  Seriously that girl is full of JOY!

I was COLD!



Did you notice that Will is as tall as me now?

So while I am all budled up in a sweater....



CRAZY Harry skim boards.  It was COLD!









Harry is truly crazy...he got soaked!

After a little beach time, it was turkey dinner time.  Kate helped Aunt W mash the potatoes...

Then some more fishing....

I think Harry caught this one even though Will is holding it.  There are sunken lights in the waterway so night fishing was big.  Then the kids started fishing in their pajamas when they woke up too.....

As you can see even Kate caught some little fish:)

One of Harry's friends was down there too so he came over to fish and hang out as well....

The house in the background  (across the waterway) was really gutted from hurricane Ike (which happened right when we moved here).  Looks like the owners have not repaired it at all yet.

It was a good Thanksgiving!  I have so much more to post about but I am trying desperately to get all my Christmas "stuff" done this week (cards addressed and ready to mail, finish shopping, decorating etc).  My goal is to have all the Christmas "work" done by December 4th so that I can spend the rest of the season being merry with the family.  I just might meet my goal:)