Family Beach Vaca

Our one and only vacation so far this year. We all could not wait to go! We counted down the days until we left for Surfside Beach. Nina, Grandaddy, Uncle Eric with his girlfriend Katie and her daughter Sam, and of course all of us went. We had a house right on the beach with a pool. We got to go to this same beach house three years ago when I was about 7 months pregnant with Izzie. I was so happy to not be pregnant this time. It's awesome to wake up in the morning, eat some breakfast, and sit on the beach all day long. When you sit on the beach all day long, you realize there are things you never knew could get sunburned... like your ears! Poor Izzie's ears. Who would have thought to put sunscreen on your ears? I will never forget to put sunscreen on their ears again.

We had lots of fun. We spent our days with our toes in the sand and splashing in the pool. It was nice to not worry about a single thing. No phone calls, never turned on the tv, didn't have to answer emails. At night, we went out to eat, shopped, or just hung around the house in our pajamas. The beach was hot and the water was so refreshing and cold!

This was Izzie's and Garrett's second time on the beach. They both loved it. Garrett was a little scared the first afternoon, but the next day we couldn't get him to slow down. Garrett loves all types of water. Izzie wasn't quite the same at his age. She's better now. Izzie would just walk right into the ocean with waves going over her head. She scared me a couple times. She also loved going deeper with her daddy and "jumping" the waves. We got to build sandcastles with all the toys Nina brought, too.

We went over the Fourth of July. We got to see the Airforce's planes fly over the beach and the fireworks at night. The kids were too tired to stay up that late. They got to see a couple and then went to bed. I can't believe Garrett slept right through all the bangs and booms.

We were there for a whole week. When we got back (still to this day), Izzie asked me every morning "Mommy, we going to the beach? Please?" At least I can satisfy her with our pool for now.