Sunday, July 6, 2008

EVENTS WHILE ON VACATION IN MYRTLE BEACH,SC

Our first walk in the ocean.



Carson after falling in the water

The boys playing football




A family shot


A stingray caught off the Springmaid Pier. We walked from our resort to the Pier which was about a mile. The boys made it there and back.


Looking over the pier



A sand alligator we made (just kidding--I am not that talented)


Kevin and Carson relaxing by the pool


After all, we were in Myrtle Beach for biker week, so the boys had to have their picture taken by their favorite bike. (Spiderman)


A picture taken at Medival Times Dinner Theater. We took my cousin Tiffney's son Chandler with us, and the boys thoroughly enjoyed the show. We had a great meal, too. Mommy wasn't too excited about the boys wanting to sword fight after the show, but hey they are just boys, right?




The first night we had without children, my mom who was also in Myrtle Beach watched them, and we headed into Murrels Inlet to Restaurant Row. We ate at a place called Drunken Jacks and walked all around the marsh. The restaurant had a great history/story about its name, which was came from a pirate that had been aboandoned in Murrels Inlet after the ship sailed off without him. The ship came to the Islands in Murrels Inlet to burry barrels of rum (I don't remember how many, but it was a lot). Some years later when the ship returned all they found was Jacks skeletal remains and all the barrels of rum empty--hense Drunken Jack. We had a great meal there and then listened to Music at a neighboring resaurant called The Dead Dog Saloon after dinner.




A picture of Kevin and I on the walkway over the marsh in Murrels Inlet.


A picture of the boys and I waiting for another show to start called La Grande Cirque. This was an acrobatic performance and the boys were fascinated (we were as well).


Broadway at The Beach
We went to Broadway several different times. There are shops, restaurants, fish feeding, paddle boat rides, rides for the kids, and even fireworks on Tuesday nights all summer long. Definately a place to visit if you go to Myrtle Beach, SC.






A Dinosaur statue at Broadway
Hayden doing flips at Broadway

Ripley's Aquarium
We took lots of pictures at Ripley's Aquarium which turned out to be one of the boys' favorite attractions. They were able to walk through old pirate memorabila, look at different fish, sharks, rays, and horseshoe crabs.





one of the many different types of sharks we were able to see at Ripley's.(this was the fav. of the boys).


a fountain outside of Ripley's (taken on a different day)



Bonefish Grill- our new favorite restaurant

from left to right- Brandon, Kevin, David, Tonya, me, and Rebbecca. We vacationed at the beach with Brandon and Rebbecca (Kevin works with Brandon). Thanks to my aunt Tammy we had an adult evening out to dinner with my cousin Tonya and her husband David. I am sure she had her hands full, my two and Tonya's two :).






Pool Days

Carson



Kevin and Gracen (my cousin's little girl)


Carson and Hayden




Funny faces with mom









Our last day here.




READY, SET, GO!! Racing on the beach on our last day.



The Drive to the Beach

The boys did really well on our trip to Mrytle Beach, SC. We broke the trip up into 2 days to make it easier on all of us. The first picture was taken at a rest stop, then a picture of a tunnel we drove through and a picture of the mountains in NC. Hayden is Wooo Hoooing the drive in the mountains.









Hayden's Last Day of Preschool

Hayden had his last day of preschool on May 23rd. He said his goodbys to his teachers and then we left for vacation. He really enjoyed preschool and wants to go back this fall instead of going to Kindergarten.




Monday, June 16, 2008

MY MOTHER'S DAY

Hayden and Carson gave me the best mother's day present this year, a day spent with them at the Botanical Garden's. It was so beautiful there. My friend Amanda and I loaded up our kids and headed over there Sat May 9th (the day before mother's day) and spend the entire day photographing our kids. We had a blast. 250 pictures later on Amanda's new camera and 178 pictures later on my camera, our day was complete. I'll gladly go back anyday and the kids really enjoyed themselves. We let them go barefoot, play in the fountains, feed the Koy (fish), and play in the Children's Garden's. My boys slept the entire way home!

























LESSONS FROM MOM

The boys have been a little more interested in riding this year, and I must admit Candy has been a trooper. She is 30 years old this year and still going strong. She knows that kisses and treats follow all rides, though. Hayden is even learning not only do we feed, brush and ride horses, but we clean up after them too, and he actually gladly took the job of "pooper-scooper" after we were done riding this day in early May.














T-BALL

T-ball also began at the end of April. Hayden is playing on a coach-pitch league in O'Fallon, IL and is loving it. They all get 3 pitches from the coach before they are offered the T, and so far no one on the team has needed the T for a game. Either great pitching from our coach, great coaching, great hitters or a combination of all three. Carson likes to help catch, and loves to throw the balls back to the coach during games. Our coach is Mark Maxium and he is great with the kids. Kevin actual played ball against him in high school, being he attended our high school rival--West. MORE PICTURES TO COME FROM BALL----WE WILL BE PLAYING THROUGH THE END OF JUNE.