hilton head part 2

prepare yourselves for a lot of beach/pool photos.

we spent a lot of time just hanging out

i couldn't of asked for more.

here is a picture of abbie doing the "mermaid jump" dance.

i have no idea.

she comes up with some crazy things. 

 

i told the girls that i would take each of them out early to see the sunrise. 

there were many cloudy mornings but we certainly had a good time looking for shells and enjoying the 1:1 time

sophie was first to enjoy some mommy time.

she was so excited to find a sand dollar!
 

although not the sunrise we were hoping for...it was still beautiful!
 

 

oh i love my girlies!
 

 

ok i have to tell this story so i dont forget it.
i had to pack for 5 people for 2 WEEKS before going on this vacation
i packed like a champ and did not forget anything (well not a necessity anyway) ;)
daddy had 1 person to pack for...
and guess who forgot his swim trunks?
and guess who had the nerve to ask me, "you packed my swim trunks, right?" (after realizing he had forgotten them.)
so here is a pic of daddy in his walmart swim trunks. :)
 

 

 

levi loved snuggling in his towel....

 

so much though that he fell asleep on his mommas lap!
this was one of my favorite memories of the trip
my little guy sleeping peacefully in my lap
the water hitting my toes
my girlies playing with their daddy behind me.
it was wonderful!
 

 

 

 

the littles checking out the parrots in south beach

 

oh i could eat them up with a spoon!

 

rudolph daddy with his abbie. :)

of course we had to visit the horse farm! :)

thier favorite horse was still there!
 

 

here is a picture of abbie with the same horse 3 years ago. :)



the girls always asked to eat lunch out on the porch. 
it was just so cute.
i would hear them talking and telling stories out there.
i just love the bond they share (when they are not fighting!) :)
 

 

i felt bad putting levi in a tube intended for a child much younger...lol
 but with 4 littles it was so hard to watch them all at the same time.
this was a lifesaver!

 making ice coffee for mommy!
 

 
and here are sophie and ella making mommy ice coffees for mommy 3 years earlier! :)


 

trying to catch a baby crab. :)

momma and her 2 babies. :)

 

 

 

 part 3 coming soon sometime! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hilton Head Part 1

i said it once and i'll say it again i am sure

i had such an amazing time on our vacation

i loved hanging on on the beach with my sweet family for hours at end

i loved snuggling up with everyone on the couch at night because there was no where else to be!

i loved that it was just 2 weeks of nothing but quality time with my little family!

 

so here is how we spent our vacation...



 

we headed to the ocean the first full day 

 

and that was short lived after daddy got stung by a

jelly fish right away. 

i was afraid it might scare the girls away from going back in...but after a couple of days sophie and ella decided to go back in (abbie was afraid and asked a bjillion questions about jellyfish.  i was finally able to convince her that there was only 1 jellyfish in the ocean and he died after he stung daddy!) :)

 



 

my little cuties! :)

after the jellyfish incident we spent a lot of time at the pool.

 

 

this just might be one of my favorite pictures of my little guy.

 



 

 

Our daily routine usually looked something like this...

breakfast

while daddy was at the gym we would get ready to go the

beach/pool

lunch (or many days we just skipped lunch so that we would have a early dinner)

then some time inside playing indoors/showering and getting ready for dinner

 

our inside play time usually consisted of this..

abbie being a mermaid that washed ashore and in need of medical assistance...lol...so cute!

 

 

the two littlest littles wresting



 

and lots of coloring and drawing.



 

on sunday night we just went down to the ocean after dinner just to play...

 

 

levi loved chasing the waves

 



 

and sinking his toes into the sand.

 

then our first week (Monday) began with a day at the beach and seafood at a restaurant with outdoor seating.

 

the food was yummy but the service was less than desirable.

mind you it wasn't busy at.all!

well this server was just so stressed and scattered that it was stressing me!

we love being down south b/c everyone is usually so friendly and takes their time...

well this server sucked everything southern right out of our meal (well with the exception of the hush puppies). 

thank goodness that was our only bad experience. :)

 



look at the mermaids that washed ashore!

 



 

abbie wrote her name in the sand.

don't you just love her e's!

that is just too cute to correct!

 



 

another favorite picture of momma's

since i am usually the one taking the pics i have to resort to taking pictures of myself with the littles.

love this one with my favorite little guy!