Tuesday, June 16, 2009

100th Post! Frio River Vacation!

UPDATED with a couple of new pictures!


Welcome to my 100th post! Warning! This could be very long and contain a lot of pictures!

On Saturday, June 6th, we loaded up the truck with all you can imagine and more, and headed out to Concan, TX to vacation on the Frio River. On the drive over, we stopped at Bucky's and picked up some beef jerky. Kaleb loved his first taste of beef jerky. Of course he will eat anything that is considered meat.
When we arrived at our campsite, Kaleb helped Dada set up the canopy.

And after all that work, who wouldn't need a break!

Once we settled in, we took Kaleb down to check out the river.

He was very curious and couldn't figure out where we were or what we were doing!

We went shopping that night and got settled into the RV. Here's Kaleb eatin his nana for breakfast the next morning preparing for a long day on the river.

His first dip into the Frio River!

It actually wasn't that cold this year. The water was very low, so we were lucky to be staying near the dam which is more like a swimming hole, even when the river's barely running. Here's Kaleb sitting on the dam.

a happy baby!

After taking his nap, Kaleb put his life jacket on and told us it was time for some more swimming!

Kaleb and Ellie riding in his boat! Ellie became his best friend this week!

Lounging with Mama down by the river.

On Wednesday we took Kaleb on a tube trip down the river to Happy Hollow! Here he is at the beginning of his first float down the river!
Rest stop...hanging out with Poppy!
Family picture near some rapids...
Kaleb floating all by himself like a big boy! This didn't happen much at all. He spent most of the trip right on top of Mama! Had a blast, but didn't want to let go just in case!
During the heat of the day we tried to keep Kaleb out of the sun as much as possible. Here he is watching a "moogie" (movie)! "Wheels" (Wheels on the Bus) is his favorite!

And what could be better than ice cream on a hot summer day! He was a mess when it was all over!
This is a video of the reaction Ellie got from Kaleb every time she came around!

Our little Aggie boy! He loves this hat now and puts it on himself when we go out to play!

I love this picture of Kaleb and Kevin and the beautiful scenery we are gonna miss!

Unsure face here and I'm not sure why but it's cute!

Much happier...splashing water over the dam!

Sitting in the rapids just below the dam...

This was Kaleb's favorite thing to do the whole time we were in the water! Kaleb says thanks to Timmy and Scotty for providing all his rocks when he was in the boat or couldn't reach them himself!


Kaleb sitting with Aunt Mallory...

After the birthday dinner on Thursday night, we took Kaleb out to the dance at Garner State Park. He LOVED it! You'd never know it was 10:00 with the way this boy was running around. Here he is dancing with Aunt Ellie!

Then it was Mommy's turn!
We had to pack up and head out on Saturday morning. Although it was a blast, we were exhausted! Kaleb is proof!

We can't wait to do it all over again next summer!

2 comments:

Mimi said...

Looks like everyone had a great time. The scenery is beautiful!

The White Family said...

Looks like Kaleb had a great time! I showed Christian Kaleb's pics and told him to say "Kaleb" and he had the biggest grin on his face! Glad to see you'll are relaxing and enjoying vacation!