OKI 2014

We had a great time at the beach over the 4th.  The weather was pretty great, minus a tropical storm which gave us a full day of rain--but occasionally days like that can be fun too :)

perfect summer mornings

There was some sand play...like Daddy would work really hard on sand castles and then the kids would destroy them :)

flying kites

The buckets were still a big hit this year...Nora now had a partner to hang out in the buckets with her.  

 This girl LOVED the beach and water this year.  She wanted to spend every second of her time down there. We tried our best to oblige. 

 the twins played real hard...

 and Davis joined in whenever he could

 Daddy dug out pools most days for the kids to play in 

 D really liked to take a chair down to the surf and sit.  That's also my favorite thing to do, so we spent a lot of time doing that. 

Nora did so well body boarding with Daddy this year, we took her to get her own board.  She was so excited and proud of herself. 

 

 Clean Up Time

  reading with brother while waiting to go down to the beach

 Mike's super huge 4th of July Burger

We're very thankful to Pop Pop and Grandma for another fun beach trip.  

On our way home we like to stop at Prov Co to get some yummy food...its my favorite place (and lots of other people's fave place too, considering the line that had formed when we were leaving)

 bird on Prov Co's pier....waiting for a table too?

 Boiled Shrimp, Crab Cakes and Cucumber Salad....ahhhh

4th of July

We were at the beach again this 4th.  Getting pics of the 3 was a bit complicated again this year, Davis really doesn't love mommy's photo shoots! Still they turned out pretty good. 

Charleston Day 3 and Homecoming

The last day of our vacation we decided to spend at Folly Beach, relaxing and soaking in some sun--and again we couldn't have asked for a better day. 

We spent the morning napping on the sand, reading and talking.  Although glorious as it was, we spent a lot of time watching families with their kids and laughing about how weird it was to be on the beach without chasing little ones. 

 We took a break from the sun to grab some lunch, yep we weren't tired of eating yet! This time we settled for a rooftop bar and had fish tacos and margaritas.  Some of my faves! 

After lunch, we shopped around then went back to the beach.  We also went to see Morris Island Lighthouse... which isn't actually an island at all anymore because of beach erosion.  The lighthouse literally sits in the ocean now on a sandbar.  There's a project in place to try and save/restore it.  Maybe sometime we'll come back and get to see it up close in personal :)

 before heading back home, we had one more thing to check off our list...SheCrab Soup.  So we stopped in at Rita's to get a little dinner before driving back.  Loved the atmosphere of this place..a total beach restaurant.  

We got home late that night, so we didn't see our babies until the morning.  It was a sweet reunion though.  

 Of course we got the kiddos some souvenirs.  The boys were especially excited about their pirate gear!