We had a wonderful opportunity earlier this month to go on a family vacation. Four generations of my family, staying in one big house, in Hilton Head. After living in Northern California for 3 years, our kids were familiar with the beach. BUT, they had not experienced the warmth of the Atlantic in the summer. For months, they were eagerly and anxiously anticipating “hot beach”. With the exception of the traveling, I am not sure who had more fun, the kids or the adults!
Warning: I am getting ready to overload you with dozens of pictures of several of the most important people in my life. You likely will not find them nearly as amusing as I do, but I will make it up to you with a good new recipe soon. : )
My beautiful mom and stepdad.
My sweet niece took a lick of the leaf, and I happened to press the shutter at exactly the right moment, to show exactly how yummy that leaf was not.
The boy LOVED the waves. The bigger the better. He was FEARLESS! You can’t tell from the picture, but he was wearing a life jacket because Mommy is not so fearless.
As one friend noticed, even at the beach my girls had their Bitty Bows
no-slip hair clips in place. They do protest, but it bugs me when their hair is covering their face while they are playing.
As many of you know, I have been known to have dessert for breakfast with sad regularity. I now know that it is not my fault, but it is genetic. The proof is in this picture of my mom and grandmother eating key lime pie with their morning coffee!
Lucy will hate me one day for saving and posting this picture. I just had to, as it was a good picture of me one of the only pictures that shows I was actually on vacation too. (I am always the one behind the camera, and have to purposefully request my picture taken so that there is some documentation that I was actually there!)
This is my amazing little sister, also known as “Fun Aunt Kathy”. My older sister and I joked that we were going to post this as a profile picture for her on Match.com .
I loved watching their faces and imagination as they went on an alligator hunt.
Poolside lunches made my day. No clean-up, and we just threw them in to wash them off!
This was seriously the part I had been most looking forward to. Due to a series of bad luck, my kids had never seen fireworks prior to this year.
As you can tell, they were mesmerized by the display.
My sisters and me. Two of my very best friends.
I got a little lucky with my camera set up on a stool and my remote control. Most surprisingly, none of the kids are picking their noses or pulling another’s hair.
Many of you probably already heard about the sunscreen incident. If not, you need to scroll back one post, for a good laugh.
Face washing from Bambi, and Carter didn’t mind a bit. I hope deer mouths are clean!
This picture was requested by my sister, to place in my (almost 5-year old) niece’s bedroom as a reminder of what could happen to her teeth if she continues to suck her fingers at night. It gives me a chuckle every time I see it.
Just in case he didn’t already have sand everywhere, his is going to try to rub a little more in his head.
My niece Ella was teaching my girls about gymnastics. They were practicing tirelessly, between the pool and beach.
Caroline has these long legs that make her super-tall for her tender age of six. Unfortunately, she is about as coordinated as a giraffe. I am proud to say she is practicing really hard, and making awesome improvements in her cartwheel.
Well, that is all for now. I hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into our
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