Friday, June 3, 2016

South Carolina Beach Vacation

Last Friday we flew to Charleston for our family vacation!  We rented a condo on the beach at Wild Dunes Resort for the long weekend.  We had a great trip despite all of the rain.  

At the airport and ready to go!

 So much to look at while waiting for our flight!  

 My traveling buddies!

Ready to go!

I was worried about traveling with this cute one.  He did really well except for about ten minutes of the 2 hour flight.  Not bad!



Thank you Pinterest for some busy bag activities!



 We got there on Friday evening, drove to our condo, made a quick grocery store run, and went to bed praying for sunshine!

And we woke up to this view on Saturday morning!

We spent about 3 hours on the beach that morning before heading in for lunch.  










They loved to dig in the sand and play at the edge of the water!


Post nap shenanigans!  It started raining right after lunch that day thanks to Tropical Storm Bonnie.

Family game of domino's!

Graham is actually really good and loves playing!  

Cheers!

Headed out to dinner in the rain

Dinner at Coconut Joe's on the beach


On Sunday morning we headed into Charleston to go to the aquarium.  It was a great place to spend a rainy morning!






Looking at the bald eagle

And looking at a snake!

We got to watch a 15 minute clip of Ice Age in the 3D theater.  It was so fun, and the boys loved it!


Waiting to eat lunch in Charleston.  it was raining off and on but nothing too terrible.

There was a break in the rain when we got back to the condo for naps so I headed to the beach to read.

And then I came back upstairs to this!

Snacks on the beach



More digging and playing!  I think here they were building a monster truck ramp!




Yea for sunshine!

Dinner that night at the resort.


My crazy boys!

The boardwalk down to the beach.  These houses were so cute!

Ice cream for desert on the boardwalk!




Love them!



So thankful for this sweet family of mine!

Monday morning we woke up to sunshine!!

We spent 3 hours on the beach that morning before heading up for lunch.
Here's a pic of how drastic the high and low tide are.  They set up our chairs way back from the beach, but in the afternoon we were only about 10 feet from the water.  





G pulled B around in the wagon for a long time!  They had the best time!

 Snack break!




My nap time view!  Trent and I split nap time that afternoon and each got some time on the beach.

And one last time after naps to build and play in the water.  Bennett LOVED going into the water!  Graham, not so much!




Family selfie!

One last beach walk!  Graham called these pirate adventures!

Dinner at the resort for our last night.  And it was raining again.

Flying home on Tuesday morning.  Graham is now obsessed with airplanes and has been acting out all of the workers and their jobs.



 We made so many great memories and had so much fun on vacation!

Friday, May 27, 2016

Life Lately

 We have been busy busy busy lately!  Lots of pics to catch up on!


Playdoh fun on a rainy afternoon

 Heading to school on a rainy morning.
Cute boy in their rain jackets!
You'll start to notice a theme here...




Loving playing outside one afternoon when it wasn't raining!


Cheers!

Bennett enjoys trips to Target!

Rainy day fun - cookie making!

How Bennett prefers to watch a show!

Yea for sunshine!



Trent got home early Friday afternoon and took Bennett on his run...

While Graham and I went to Spec's and Escalantes to pick up dinner!

Cheers to a new summertime drink!

Cuddles on the couch before bed

Saturday morning started with a trip to the dr for Graham after running a low grade fever, runny nose, cough, and he threw up once.  He was diagnosed with an ear infection, we got meds, and he was doing so much better very quickly!

So we decided to run a few errands.  Bennett wanted to ride here in the car.

Helping Daddy at work

Cute helpers

Lunch at Mia's!
Graham was feeling so much better and ate all of his lunch and half of Bennett's.

And it's raining again - at least they look cute!

Trying out his new sunglasses for the beach!

Sunday afternoon sunshine

Painting birdhouses



 Red paint in the hair

Hanging out in our room on Monday evening!

Silly boy!  Elmo goes with us EVERYWHERE.


Poor B is getting 4 new teeth right now.  They are so sharp and pointy.  Only 2 have broken through.  I hate teething.

Playing Hungry Hungry Hippos after B went to bed!


Last day of MDO!

Bennett wanted to be in the picture too!

Walking in with some friends

Oh how I love these 2 teachers and am so thankful or them!  They were absolutely perfect for Graham this year!  Ms. Raley and Ms. Ghaida

What a difference!  I can't believe how much he's grown this year!

Sleepy boy needed a car nap at 10am.

I think it's time for a bigger helmet...

His new favorite thing to do right now, puzzles!

A last day of school treat at Sonic!

On Wednesday night our babysitter came (Trent was out of town), and I got to go out with two of my best friends!  It was just what I needed!  We had yummy crepes at Sweet Paris.  And I had time to do a little shopping beforehand.  Such a fun night!

 A strawberry and nutella crepe!  Yummy!

Sweet Jo and baby girl that we can't wait to meet in a few weeks!

Love these girls!  

Our splash pad play date got rained out yesterday morning so we ended up playing at Stephanie's house!

Sweet friends!

Rain rain go away!  We are ready for some sunshine!
Happy Friday!