Myrtle Beach Labor Day Week

 

Our 2nd Annual Myrtle Beach vaca.  Can't believe it's been over a year since Grandma and Grandpa Jeff moved down there, we sure miss them but love having a fun vacation at the beach with them!

 

First stop was Charlotte to visit Great Grandma Nancy, Uncle Parker and Aunt Joan.  We made great time, just stopping at a mall in Roanoke for a while and had a nice evening at their beautiful house.  The kids LOVED all the musical instruments to play and the pine cones from the back yard.

 

 Aunt Joan found some of Brad's old toys...

Great Grandma Nancy had cute little gift bags for them!

They were wearing their goggles???

And then off to the beach!  First things first is getting the hermit crabs.  Of course one was gone by day two.  We did end up with 3 of them all together after a 2nd trip to the store (Princess Crab, Mr. Mr. and Mr. Crabs) and I'm happy to say that as of the end of the month they're still all with us!

Myrtle Beach Board Walk

Melody has passes to Brookgreen Gardens which is just a beautiful place.  We all had a nice time there!

Picnic lunch...

 Visit to the nature center, the rays were hiding though.

Of course lots of beach time.  We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather almost the whole time.  The kids just love the sand and water (Max isn't even scared of the water/waves surprisingly!)

Max was very anti pictures this whole trip so when he sported this get up and grabbed his crabs and asked us to take his picture we took advantage, not sure why...:)

Broadway at the Beach, it's the "don't take my picture" look...

They have a store there where you pick your parts and make your own car, Max fell in love and Grandma was nice enough to do an early birthday present!  The clerk was so sweet too which make the whole experience really fun.

BBQ and then some smores!

There used to be an Air Force Base there and they have a few airplanes for display.

We were going to drive all the way home but since we weren't in a huge rush, there were major storms, and the Browns weren't busy we made an overnight pit stop to see the cousins!