I mentioned to Josh a while back that I wanted to make sure we made it to the beach sometime this summer before the baby was born. I knew we wouldn't make it after she was born and I didn't want to wait too long and go when I was uncomfortable, the beaches were full and it was too hot. We decided to go ahead and start planning a trip right away. I did some coordinating with Jenn (because we wanted them to come too) and we found a weekend just a couple weeks out that would work! We decided to stay in Charleston and to stay two nights to get the most of our weekend! I'm so glad we did. It still went way too fast, but we had such a good time.
We drove to Charleston on Saturday right after lunch. We got to the hotel about 4pm. We checked in, met up with Laurie (she happened to be in Charleston that day since Bronson was on a motorcycle trip), got Morgan and Jenn unloaded and then headed to Jim n' Nicks BBQ for dinner. We love that place! Morgan and Jenn actually found it when we were on our cruise last year and we go every time we are in Charleston now. It's so good! After dinner, Laurie said goodbye and headed home and we headed back to the hotel for some swimming at the pool. That night we played games and got to bed way too late!
On Sunday, we spent the whole day at the beach! We ate breakfast at the hotel, packed our beach stuff and some lunches and hit the road to Sullivan's Island. We picked Sullivan's in hopes it would be less crowded. We were right! It was perfect. Not many people, free parking and close to the beach. Our beach day was absolutely perfect! We relaxed, the kids were perfect, nobody complained, the weather was gorgeous and overall it was exactly what I had hoped for! We headed back to the hotel around 3:30 so we could get an early dinner, bathe the kids and then head downtown to Waterfront park. We walked around and enjoyed the ocean breeze. Such a beautiful night! When we got back that night, we put the kids to bed and played games, again!
Umbrella Jenn! Cracked me up!
Josh built quite the sand castle!
The kids took pictures of us swinging. Love them.
Apparently something was really funny...haha!
On Monday, we packed up the cars and then headed downtown. We did a quick stroll through the market and then grabbed some pralines (a must for me!) before heading to Angel Oak to see the tree and enjoy some lunch! We walked around the tree, which was absolutely breath taking, and then ate some lunch at the picnic tables there. After lunch, we said our goodbyes and headed home!
It was such a fantastic weekend and I wish it could have been longer, but it was perfect and just what I wanted!
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