First Family Vacation

This year we decided to go to the beach for five days. We found an awesome deal at a resort on one of our favorite destinations (Isle of Palms, SC). We had a condo with a kitchen so we cooked almost all of our meals and saved quite a bit of cash that way. We had two bedrooms so the boys had their own room. This was great since we are movie fiends and watched two while we were at the beach! We were able to stay up late, watch the movies and not disturb the boys.

The first day we were there, it rained allllllllllll day! So it was mostly a bust. Then on Friday it was quite sunny. But we thought it was going to rain, so we planned a trip to Ft. Moultrie. We did that in the morning and tried to go to the beach in the afternoon. It was high tide and the boys did NOT like the water rushing up toward them so fast. They, in fact, ran away from the water. We tried to go in the pool but it was too cold (because it had been raining all week). So that was a bust.

Friday night, Jessica arrived and what a blessing! She spent Friday night with us and on Saturday morning we got up kind of early and all went to the beach again. Since the waves were more calm the boys were a little more OK with going near the water. They still didn't like the rushing up of the water. But they loved playing in the sand. So that was a couple of hours of fun. Scooping, digging, burying Aunt Jessica's legs. After naptime, we all dressed alike and headed back out to take some pictures. Again, the boys were petrified so walking in the surf was kind of a joke. We did get some pics snapped that turned out cute.

After that we took the boys to the park and they were in HOG HEAVEN! We had a lot of fun and learned a lot about family vacations. I hate that my expectations were so high. I wanted the boys to love the beach as much as I do..........since, as many of you know, the beach is my "happy place." Everyone I have told this to told me that their toddlers pretty much hated the beach the first time, too. So........there's always next year, right?

Alex and Ben at Ft. Moultrie.

A family picture on one of the turrets.

The boys wanted to walk up these steps to one of the big guns.

We're not sure what these numbers were for but I thought it would be cute to have the boys stand by the number 2 since they are twins and because they are 2. So.....the best laid plans, right? This was, seriously, BEST picture. How sad?

Saturday at the beach. Mommy and Alex posing.

Daddy took Ben to the water and he was scared. So he clung on to Daddy for dear life until they headed back to where we were all sitting.

Jessica took this pic of Alex and I just love it!

See....here's Ben actually walking. Notice how far they are from the water. This is about as close as he would get.

Alex....leaving his mark on this world. Well, Jessica left the mark.

And here's Ben's mark.
Playing in the sand with Aunt Jessica.
Ben liked pouring sand all over himself. He even ate some. Mmmmmmm...CRUNCHY!
Ahhhhh....love at the beach.
Big smile from Ben. Such a great shot!!!
A family photo.

Notice how all of these pics are with our backs facing the water. Again, boys soooooo scared of the water! Sweet pic of Daddy and Ben peeking through the boardwalk railing.
It looked like so much fun that Mommy and Alex decided to peek through, too.

Beautiful Baby B.

Such a handsome Baby A.

Walking up the boardwalk.