Saturday, September 19, 2015

Myrtle Beach 2015!

We enjoyed yet another fun week at Myrtle Beach this July!  Unfortunately we were a few weeks too early for Great Grandma's 90th birthday celebration but since Nate has been promoted to corporate and travels now it gets a little harder to plan trips around his.  We sure do miss Grandma and Grandpa living close by, but do enjoy our vacations at one of the best vaca spots in the country!

We decided we just wanted to get there so left in the afternoon and did some night driving, luckily it wasn't too late when we got there but was nice to have the kids sleep a bit!

 And of course, off to the beach!

We had never had these before but loved these little pools to play in.  There was an abundance of shark attacks lately so we were a little hesitant to get in the ocean very far but this left a perfect and safe play place to hang!














Pizza night!

And the much anticipated Build a Bear!





 Love this shot of her shopping for the perfect outfit!

Some super heros at Broadway at the Beach!








We hadn't ever gone and it was too hot to go to Brookgreen Gardens this year so we hit the Aquarium this trip!  It was really neat, especially the live mermaids!

















A HUGE milestone was hit too, this boy who was practicing forever just hops on his bike and takes off!



And now beach time with our bff cousins!















A night of rides!



It took her a while to figure this one out, but once she did she sure enjoyed it as you can tell by the face!










Some morning tie dye









Aunt Ellie and Aliyah on shark watch...






Date night







Craft time with Grandma


 Mini golf went way better this time than last...







More characters at the boardwalk



Ride home rest stop sportin our Myrtle Beach attire!

Saturday, August 1, 2015

4th of July

4th of July weekend we headed in to Grandpa Ken's for some pool time.  The 3rd of July was a beautiful day and we had a great time spending the whole day outside!


She was finally brave enough to jump off the dive!

The Browns were in MN for the 4th sending us pictures of all the fish they were catching on the lake so Grandpa rigged this up:)


Takin a walk...



Their new glow swords!


Sparkler fun


4th of July kids workshop at Home Depot


Festive!


The rest of the 4th we spent a cool rainy afternoon at Uncle Jim and Aunt Brenda's.  It was a nice visit but unfortunate weather.  On Sunday then we had the annual Grace Bible Fellowship 4th of July bike parade!





Hershey Park Happy

A few weeks ago the kids did a VBS at their pre-school church.  On the last day Nate and I both surprised them at pick up, we gave them lunch in the car and told them we were going for a drive.  They were both pretending to sleep under blankets so they wouldn't know what the surprise was.  These are the faces of two kids who just realized we were going to Hershey Park!:)






Aliyah made an adorable little friend and they went on a handful of rides together:)






This was their favorite, over and over again!