Monday, June 7, 2010

Port Aransas and the Stingray Incident 2010

In mid May we set off for our (almost) yearly trip to the beach house in Port Aransas with Kelly, Rob and Ian and Rebecca and Matt.

Just look how Havi and Ian have grown over our last three trips...

August 2007

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May 2009

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May 2010

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All was going well - Kelly, Rebecca and I had gone horse riding on the beach, the kids had had endless hours playing in the sand and surf and we'd eaten lots of good grub - then Mr. Stingray came along!

Peter was about to go body surfing with Matt and Rob and was in about 18 inches of water when he got stung by a stingray. Now, I always presumed a stingray sting was just a bit worse than a jellyfish - oh no... it's a LOT worse. After a 911 call, a trip to the ER, some vicodin and hours with his leg in hot water - poor Peter spent the rest of the weekend with his leg up to stop the swelling. He was in internet jail (not internet at the beach house) and I'm sure bored out of his mind. More to come on the whole stingray incident in a later blog post!

Other than the 'incident' we had a lovely long weekend away with friends and the kids had a blast on the beach.

See lots of pics right HERE

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