Hi all,
We just returned from a wonderful trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Of course we took tons of pictures! These are just a few we took with our "expensive" camera... it fogged up a lot. Go figure! We filled two disposable cameras with even more pics but haven't gotten them developed yet!
We spent the week with our friends who had 3 kids the same ages as Bria and CJ.
We set up "camp" with two tents on the beach every morning from 10am until about 2pm. Then we all went back to our condos, got lunch and put the youngest kids down for naps. Here's our tents with our condos in the background. I put a yellow star on our unit :-)
We had an adults' tent which housed the chairs, snacks, towels etc...
And a kids' tent which was the activity center for the week... haha that is unless it was snack time! Digging holes was the most popular thing to do with the kids. Bria even got a tunnel going one day. I'm still trying to get the sand out of her hair!
Chris and I really enjoyed the warm surf! I even got to ride some waves! Haha And CJ was very interested in the boogie board!
Tuesday we all took a pontoon boat tour of the salt water marsh, the kids got to fish and collect sea shells on a small island.
Here we all are on the small island where we went shelling.
We took a picture of my mom with all of the kids -- later we teased her that she looked like Mother Goose! haha
We went looking for ghost crabs one night on the beach... didn't find any but the beach and pool were pretty just the same.
Early evenings we'd do different things like go for homemade ice cream, swim in the condo pool, take a walk on the beach just me and Chris :-), and go out to dinner. Emelie joined us and our friends brought a baby sitter with them so we enjoyed two nights out... adults only!:-)
Thursday went to Ripley's Aquarium and toured Broadway on the Bay which was a lot of fun too! By Friday night the rain clouds were rolling in and we said goodbye to the beach on a rainy Saturday morning.
We just returned from a wonderful trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Of course we took tons of pictures! These are just a few we took with our "expensive" camera... it fogged up a lot. Go figure! We filled two disposable cameras with even more pics but haven't gotten them developed yet!
We spent the week with our friends who had 3 kids the same ages as Bria and CJ.
We set up "camp" with two tents on the beach every morning from 10am until about 2pm. Then we all went back to our condos, got lunch and put the youngest kids down for naps. Here's our tents with our condos in the background. I put a yellow star on our unit :-)
We had an adults' tent which housed the chairs, snacks, towels etc...
And a kids' tent which was the activity center for the week... haha that is unless it was snack time! Digging holes was the most popular thing to do with the kids. Bria even got a tunnel going one day. I'm still trying to get the sand out of her hair!
Chris and I really enjoyed the warm surf! I even got to ride some waves! Haha And CJ was very interested in the boogie board!
Tuesday we all took a pontoon boat tour of the salt water marsh, the kids got to fish and collect sea shells on a small island.
Here we all are on the small island where we went shelling.
We took a picture of my mom with all of the kids -- later we teased her that she looked like Mother Goose! haha
We went looking for ghost crabs one night on the beach... didn't find any but the beach and pool were pretty just the same.
Early evenings we'd do different things like go for homemade ice cream, swim in the condo pool, take a walk on the beach just me and Chris :-), and go out to dinner. Emelie joined us and our friends brought a baby sitter with them so we enjoyed two nights out... adults only!:-)Thursday went to Ripley's Aquarium and toured Broadway on the Bay which was a lot of fun too! By Friday night the rain clouds were rolling in and we said goodbye to the beach on a rainy Saturday morning.
We took our time driving back, stopped at South of the Border and got dinner later at Cracker Barrel restaurant. It made for a long trip but with the portable DVD player and those stops it felt like an adventure in and of itself. CJ kept saying "We no go home! No go home!"
Here's a video of the kids fishing.
Here's a video of CJ w/the boogie board, you also get a good view of the beach in this one too.
Here's Bria at Broadway on the bay. They had a bunch of kiddie rides that the kids enjoyed.
Here's Chris flying kites with the kids on Friday. It was overcast and just windy enough to make it a good kite day.
