The Bogg Bag Saga

I posted in last month's Currently post that I was coveting a Bogg bag. This is probably a silly post to write, but I had to share with everyone how the acquisition of said bag went down for me.

I couldn't wrap my brain around paying full price for a Bogg bag, but the more I wanted one, the MORE I WANTED ONE. I have several friends who bring their bag every week to the pool, and I was drooling with jealousy, BUT I was on the hunt to get one on sale...which is nearly impossible to find.

While we were in Arizona, I found a bag 50% off...that seemed to be from a legit site and a legit bag...until I got email correspondence in Chinese. Womp, womp. I still need to get onto my cc website and request a refund for that order, ha!

THEN I found a new bag through the Mercari website - for 1/3 off! I quickly ordered it...and then didn't hear anything for days from the seller. I was very nervous.

The picture on the Mercari website

About a week later, I got a big package from Dillard's and was really confused as to what it was. Because it wasn't a PEACH Bogg bag, it was a BLUSH Bogg bag, and the Mercari site still didn't show any updated shipping information.

The bag that arrived

Finally, the Mercari site updated...and I got a blush Bogg bag, ha. I didn't really care - but it was interesting that a different color was advertised and then took so long to update.

The last piece to this ridiculous story - I didn't even end up using my bag on our beach trip because my sister kept taking her bags with enough towels for everybody haha. But it has been fun to take to the pool for our last few trips of the summer! {grin}

Port A Swope Vacay

We had a great beach vacation to Port Aransas with my family last week finishing out the end of our summer vacation. [Although we're still working through our summer bucket list - using the 'season' of summer to get that finished ha.] 

Thursday, August 10 - We could check into our house at 4pm on Thursday, so we left our house about 11:30 {it was a 4-hour trip} and made it in great time - just 1 snack/bathroom stop! Brent and I had to take separate cars because he had to go to Houston directly from Port A, so I had Paige and Trent in my car, and Brent had Drew.

We got checked in, picked rooms, unpacked, got dinner ready, all the things. My dad took the kids to the beach for a little bit but that first day we mainly stayed at the house and took advantage of the pool.

Playing YuGiOh with Trent - we played several matches and he was so happy!

Nighttime cousin swim!

Friday, August 11 - Our plan was to spend a lot of time at the beach, but we didn't rush to start the day. Each family brought a different breakfast dish, so we had lots of options.

The late sleeper, ha

We got some great news Friday morning that Drew got accepted to the school we have been on the waitlist at for 6 months! I will have to do a full post about it, but needless to say we were very excited!

Paige sharing the good news with Drew!

I spent the morning getting her registered, ordering her a laptop, and freaking out, ha. We then loaded up and hit the beach!

Seeeeesters!

These 2 are thick as thieves, I love to see it!

Sassy pants

Not a bad view for a Friday!

20 weeks - it's going so fast!

The kids had a blast finding crabs and sand dollars

Most of the boys...

The 2 littles {for now} - these 2 play SO well together!

We've been really lucky with how well everyone plays together.

And this new baby is going to have 6 kids vying for their affection!

Playing with Babs and Pops

A dad and his daughters LOVE

Said crabs

We played a lot of games while there - dominos and Skip-Bo being the 2 who got the most use! 

Saturday, August 11: We were slower to get moving Saturday after a full day of beach~pool~beach~pool! And everyone had a little bit of a sunburn even after lots of sunscreen application. So we decided to go shopping before the beach.

Morning Skip-Bo

Morning mimosas too!

Got Paige a cute t-shirt where she got to pick the t-shirt AND what was ironed onto it {Drew couldn't find anything she liked, and Trent didn't go}, and it's what she wore on her first day of school. So fun!

Brent's college roommate {and best man in our wedding} lives in the area, so he and his wife met us for lunch - we had a great time catching up! While we were lunching, the kids swam at the house.

#theSwopesix...for a little longer!

Totally random - a friend from Paige's school/grade was there!

Not a bad view!

We drove around and got ice cream that night.

Sunday, August 13: Unfortunately, we had to pack up early for checkout, but we managed to get a family picture with all 12 {and a half} of us!

And we stopped for lunch together because apparently we hadn't had enough of each other by Sunday afternoon, ha!

Brent had to drive to Houston for a work training, so I had the joy of driving the kids home by myself. And the girls dozed off...the last 5 minutes of the drive. Of course!

Thanks girls!

Trent started school on Monday {and we thought Drew would until 9:45 that night ha}, so the rest of Sunday was spent organizing for Monday. In hindsight, this maybe wasn't the best timing for a trip, but we had a blast, and I can't wait to do it again!