Thursday, May 21, 2015

Dadbod

CenTexTim posted a story on the "dadbod" which is very "in" these days. It reminded me of a photo that I had posted a few years back. Since Jesse and Bo have an upcoming birthday, I thought I'd post it again. Here is my man with the "dadbod" and his babes.
This pic was taken in about 1983 when we had moved to McAllen. We often went over to South Padre Island for the day. I still remember our first trip to SP. We drove to the public beach which was filled with cars and people - all parked and playing in the water. I was horrified. We eventually made our way to the beaches up by the hotels and condos. Those beaches were kept cleaner.  Although, how clean can a beach be - not very clean on SP. A teacher friend had a house on the lagoona side of the island. The house had an outdoor shower that we would use before driving back to McAllen. The shower made things much more comfortable on the way home. The company Toby worked for had a condo that we could use, and occasionally we did use it. It had white carpet and glass coffee tables and glass shelves and was super nice. It was too nice for us with our little kids. I worried about the kids breaking something, or getting mud or oil on the white carpet. There was also a big todo list that had to be done when leaving. I'd rather get a hotel room and let someone else clean up or better yet, just drive the hour home. The beach was fun and I enjoyed our time in South Texas, but I am a mountain girl. I do love this photo - such great memories - such a handsome hubby!

8 comments:

Moogie P said...

Such great memories! And a pretty nice Dadbod, too!

CenTexTim said...

+1

Like you, I enjoy the beach, but prefer the mountains. That darn sand gets in everything...

Bag Blog said...

I got out photos of my son when he was born to compare to the new grandbaby. They look a lot alike. Then I looked at Toby and myself. We were such babies ourselves.

Bag Blog said...

My thoughts exactly.

Anonymous said...

I was always worried our daughter would be born with sand all over her after she was born, as we were a little too frisky on the beach...

bag blog said...

Another good reason to go to the mountains.

Jo Castillo said...

Great memories. I am not a beach person either. In Peru we would take our gas grill, tables, table cloths, wine glasses, regular plates and all. Gene would cook steaks, corn on the cobb, mushrooms and baked potatoes. The beach crowd thought we were nuts! Fun though.

Bag Blog said...

That Gene! He is such a classy guy - taking wine glasses to the beach! I love your stories of living in South America.