South Carolina

My parents invited us to spend a week with them on Edisto Island in SC - we had never been there before and were really looking forward to it. We weren't disapointed! We spent time on the beach, at the pool, in Charleston, and basically just relaxed. Fun fun - Thanks Mom and Dad! This is the view from our balcony. The small head on the right is Gregg, if you look closely, you can see the top of Rebecca's head to the right and above him - she is getting ready to jump!

You can see Rebecca's head a little more here . . .



The Battery in Charleston from the car :)

Pretty house in Charleston from the car - this one is famous too - but I don't know which it is. Gregg, Kat and I went on this day trip, but we started late, didn't know the city and so went to Fort Sumpter first - ferry was sold out. We spent some time in the museum and then got lucky and found out that some spots had opened up on the next ferry. We took them and then thought we'd walk through the pretty parts of Charleston we wanted to see until the ferry ride. Unfortunately, the ferry leaves from a point much farther North than I thought and it would have taken us too long to walk down to the Battery, cobblestone streets, and pretty houses so we only got to see some of the shopping areas. All was not lost however, because we got lunch at Five Guys :) Kat loves cheeseburgers and she doesn't know there's one in Enfield so it was cool and new to her. Then we found a cupcake store and Kat and I also got a cupcake each.

Fort Sumpter was amazing - unbelieveable history. Beautiful, cool ocean beaches on a hot day. I'm really glad we got to do this.

Kat didn't appreciate the wind as much as I did - my new short hair helped with that - but it was so hot that it felt sooo good to have so much cool air blowing . . . Isn't she beautiful? She's so grown up these days.

Gregg putting his head in the cannon - Really?

Kat looking at her photos - I'll have to steal some, her camera hasn't been dropped. Notice her Five Guys drink :)

Shopping area of Charleston - buildings were still really pretty - it was just crowded and hot and not quaint like the prettier part we drove through later.

At the hotel, Garrett spent a lot of time building things out of dominos. This was his favorite creation...

We all worked on this puzzle when we were waiting to do other things. It was fun! I thought we'd never finish before we had to leave, but we did.

Almost done.

One day we took a trip out to Parris Island - the Marine Corps training base. Gregg's dad spent some time there in the 50's. Gregg really wanted to drive to Hilton Head and see what it was like there, but it was so much further south and the kids had had enough driving. So we stopped here at this tree and ate lunch and then went back to the hotel. Lots of tree photos . . .

Garrett and Alaina

Dad, Becca and Kat

Garrett the Gargoyle

Again

Sweet Alaina. By the end of the next day she had a fever and wasn't feeling well at all . . .

Rebecca wanted to climb higher, but then decided she loved the tree

that's why she told us she wanted to hug it and not let go :)

Tree hugger and Laina

Garrett and Laina

The local Piggly Wiggly was our food source for the weekend - true Southern fare.

Just thought we needed a shot for posterity :)