A week ago today David and I were spending our second day of vacation on the beach in Isle of Palms, South Carolina (about 20 minutes north of Charleston). We are so blessed to have families who completely spoil us and take us on vacation. Isle of Palms is the traditional vacation spot for David’s dad’s side of the family and we have gone there 4 times together now. We arrived last Saturday morning and were able to stay until early Wednesday morning. We both had to work Wednesday afternoon/evening but it was wonderful to have a full 4 days on the beach and with our wonderful family!
This is our view from the beach house that we all stay in together. The ocean is only one block away from the house and we have our own pool right off the deck. It is awesome. I LOVE beach vacations… they are just so relaxing and peaceful. And here in Kentucky I sometimes feel very land locked.
The beautiful ocean! David and I love swimming in the ocean together and riding in on the waves. I am not one of those girls who lays out very much. I love to walk along the shore, dive into the huge waves and swim in the salt water. The water and weather were just perfect all week.
And here is the classic, squinty beach picture. I have very small eyes when the sun is out.
On Monday David and I went riding on a power boat with two other couples in the fam.
And we didn’t only ride… we drove. In fact the guy whose boat it was gave us a 10 minutes tutorial and then left the 6 of us to it! We were pretty nervous at first, but we eventually got the hang of it.
There is Charleston from the water! Such a beautiful city.
Below is the historic Ft. Sumter.
Some dolphins came by to say hello :)
All of the girls…
We all got fried and were famished and exhausted after 4 hours of boating but it was so, so much fun.
Other than boating we spent our days playing on the beach, laying by the pool and hanging out with our family. We got to read and sleep a lot, and hold a bunch of babies! Once our little one is born there will be 4 babies under a year old on David’s side of the family. We are so excited to have our son or daughter grow up with such an awesome set of cousins.
On our last night there, all of the girls went out for a nice dinner while the guys stayed in and ordered pizza. What a pretty family!
All in all, it was a fantastic vacation. We are looking forward to going to Destin, Florida in a couple weeks with my side of the family. Even though working full time makes the summer VERY crazy, it also makes vacation a lot nicer in some ways. It is when you are really busy when you could use a vacation most… and those 4 days without math, chores and responsibilities were so wonderful.
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