Beach or Bust AND Superman!!!

Arriving in Galveston for our first

trip to see Travis at his new rehab...

Ready to see our Superman!!!

January 25th weekend 2013

The STORM's first visit to TLC ~

Trav's 7th hospital/rehab:(

It was such a wonderful feeling to get

to see Travis!!!  It had been too long:( 

 This is his room at TLC. 

God bless his heart.  You just never know

when your life can take a sudden change ~

a life altering, forever changing moment

and there's nothing you can do to change it. 

We usually don't take Travis to restaurants,

but he wanted to go this time.  It breaks our

hearts to eat in front of him, but we do have

to eat.  I think he was just glad to get out

of the rehab for the day.  We went to the

Spot which is a cool, happening place...

in fact, our favorite spot in Galveston;)

Do you know how happy I am here?!?

We get to go to the BEACH?!?

Being back with this good lookin' guy

was all I needed in this world!  

This trip was Lynna, Wendell, Hadlee,

Hudson and I.  We thought it was going

to be cold and rainy so that's the clothes

we planned for...well, we were wrong!

It was warm and beautiful!!!

We had to go to Academy and Wal-Mart

for swim suits and summer clothes!!!

We missed Walker so much!

It wasn't the same being in

Galveston without him and daddy:(

But being with Travis and heading to

the beach made us Happy Happy Happy!

Huds was SO proud of his new Spidey

trunks and shirt.  I texted Daddy this picture

and he was not pleased with Hadlee's

choice of bathing suit!  ha!

Wendell bought it!!!

Classic STORM;)

The water was COLD!!!!!!!!!!!!

But..............

The H's still took off for the water!!!!!!!!!!!!



They had so much fun!:)

While this handsome guy did this...

Such a beautiful, perfect day:)

Hudson was just a baby the last time

we were at the beach.  In fact, it was

the week before Trav's accident...so it was

July 2010.  It didn't take him long to LOVE

the beach this trip!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite pic ...

I knew he'd be a BEACH BABE!!!!!!!!!!!!



 

How beautiful is this little girl

at the beach!?!???!?!!!!!!

She had so much fun!

I love her joy:)

 Thank you Lord for our

good lookin' Superman, his life,

our family and for the BEACH!!!
 

 

 My favorite part of the trip

was spending the afternoon at the

 beach and getting to catch up

with my nephew....

I was telling him that I had gotten

up early and ran on the beach. 

He immediately shook his head "no"!!!

He knows La Tante;)

Then he told me that he had, too!

I shook my head no that time!!!

Every minute spent with a

miracle is precious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"LORD, remind me how brief my

 time on earth will be.

Remind me that my days are numbered

--how fleeting my life is."

Psalm 39:4

Wendell and Travis went up on the

sea wall to go to the bathroom.

Some guys stopped them and asked

if they could pray for Travis. 

He catches the eye of everyone. 

There is something truly special about him. 

AND there are truly good people

all around us:)

Uncle Wendell was AWESOME

the entire trip!!!  He loves my kids so much

and they love him even more:)

I couldn't have made it on my own

on a trip like this without his help. 

Lynna and I threw our outfits together

at Wal-Mart!  ha!  Of course I was cold

on the beach...I'm cold everywhere! 

Wendell bought us our fun hats;)

I'd dare say Lynna and I are Trav's

two #1 supporters!  Okay, Aunt Michelle

and Grandmother might beg to differ;)))

Wishing our Walker was there, too!

Walker and Troy couldn't come because

Walker had a basketball game and couldn't miss it.

We sent them this right before the game...

This sweet little girl cried and cried and cried

before we left because she was so sad

to leave her daddy and Bubba. 

#suchasweetheart

 Loving this day....

At one point, Hudson just had to get his

swim trunks off and clothes back on. 

I couldn't imagine why. 

 THEN, I realized.  He needed to be

back to his Spiderman self so he could

scale the sea wall!!!!!!!!!!! 
#thatboyandhisimagination!!!

These next pictures crack me up because

of Hudson.  He's like the Huck Finn

 Spiderman of the Ocean;)

 We had so much fun with these

two beautiful, fun-loving, hilarious people!

God bless my sister's heart:(

This is how we roll in Galveston;)

I love my SISTAHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Soaking up as much Superman

as I could before he had to

go back to TLC that night :(

I love him so much!

The new pier in Galveston...

We had promised Hadlee a trip

to the Rainforest Cafe Build-a-Bear...

She picked out an adorable monkey:)

Sweet, precious little girl...

she makes everyday sweeter:)

Such a fun trip:)

 

We were missing Aunt Michelle.

Her father-in-law had just

passed away so she couldn't come:(



LOVin the Palm Trees!!!

Gangham Style at TLC;)

That's the way the STORM rolls:)

Spiderman at TLC!!!!!!!!!!!!

We tend to make ourselves at home;)

We were waiting on Trav to come down

from his room.  They really don't like kids

upstairs at TLC :(

We went down town to the "strip"!

Soaking up our Superman!



Our dear friends, the Michalkas,

happened to be in town. 

It was so cool to see them:)

They are truly amazing and Godly people

who love and pray for Travis on the daily!!!

These two were AWESOME on this

trip!  Such sweet little hearts:)

Superman lookin' good!

Deanna, a friend of a friend,

lives in Galveston with her two little

grandsons.  She has become

Trav's "Beach Grandma"...

she's awesome!!!

Transitional Learning Center...

Houses around TLC...

This was when we had to say

good-bye.  That was tough:(

Hudson got me a flower...

He knew mommy was sad:(

So, so sweet...

We love you so much, Superman!!!

 

 This was my post on Facebook

when we were on our way home...

 

Apparently a lot of people liked

seeing Travis loving on two

little supporters:) 

Sometimes I just still can't believe
that all of this has happened. 
My heart aches for Travis...
for his past ~ all that he misses,
for today ~ him being alone
so far away in Galveston and
how hard he has to work to
do the most simple of things,
and for his future ~ what lies ahead.

I continue to pray with all of my
heart for TRAVIS to find his
purpose.  Many of us have
 our own ideas what his purpose
is or should be, but it's up
to Travis to find that.
I know God will help get him there.
"God will not allow a trial to
come into your life unless He
has a purpose.  He doesn't
send the storms, but He uses them."

So for now, we will continue
to love him and support him
and pray for him!
And visit him at the beach
when we can!!!:)

"No eye has seen,
no ear has heard,
no mind has conceived
what God has prepared for
those that love him."
1 Corinthians 2:9