Monday, June 14, 2010

Weekend in Seadrift

We spent this past weekend in Seadrift for Shrimpfest. We drove to Port O'Connor on Friday to let Tyler play at their little beach. This kid LOVES digging in the sand- he could have probably stayed there forever if we let him. While Tyler enjoyed digging, Travis and I collected hermit crabs and I played with my new camera lens. :-)
















Back to Port O'Connor on Saturday morning for Tyler's first boat ride and first fishing experience!! He did surprisingly well on the boat and looked so stinkin' cute wearing his life jacket! He enjoyed playing with the radio and talking to his Uncle Brent (at least that's who he pretended to have several conversations with), which was really sweet. The fishing experience was a completely different story... and a funny one. I knew he was too young to really be into it, but Travis has been itching to get him out on the boat and fishing since the day he was born! I figured we'd give it a try and I could at least get a few pictures. He caught several fish on his little Spiderman pole, but they kept getting off, so Tyler didn't get to experience reeling them in for very long. Travis finally got frustrated and rigged up a better rod. Of course, Tyler was already over it by this point and didn't help reel the next fish in. Travis pulled in a Sheepshead and as Tyler was checking it out, the fish started flapping around and the spines on top stuck out. Tyler yelled, "Not nice, fish!" and ran to hide behind the bench seat while crying and screaming. Tyler asked us to put any fish after that back in the water. It was classic! I guess he's not quite ready for fishing. Although, in Travis' defense, Tyler sure enjoys watching fishing shows with his Daddy every weekend, so I can see how Travis would think taking him fishing was a good idea. ;-)
























A short video of Charlie Robison playing in Seadrift Saturday night. We didn't get to watch the entire show since he started playing so late (as in 11pm late, which was obviously already way past Tyler's bedtime). We stayed with some friends who were within walking distance to the show and I did get to hear the rest of the concert and his popular songs, 'Bar Light' and 'My Hometown' while laying in bed. ;-)