Beach Weekend

For the past 3 years we have gone to the beach the last weekend in January for a mini vacation to swim in the pool, have a good dinner, relax and have fun.  The pool this year was probably the nicest and most heated we've found.  The girls loved the little sprinklers that came out of the sides.  We ate dinner at Flip Flops that we saw on Diner's Drive Ins and Dives, the fish tacos were really good and the owner was very nice.  The hotel had a nice breakfast too.  It was a great relaxing weekend!

Snow on the beach! I've always wanted to see snow on the beach!

Silly posing in front of the fun striped curtain.

Sticking her tongue out at me instead of silly posing.

Sometimes I amaze myself and remember off the wall things like bringing boots for snow sand walking.

They loved walking in the beach foam...until it went over Payton's boots and soaked her, then the fun was over!

Snow on the sand!

Ocean...Sand...Snow Cool!

Tung snapped as we all were worried the ocean was going to get us!

Morning Sunrise

Going over the sand hill that covered the pipe to the beach.

Myrtle Beach

We left August 25 for vacation at Myrtle Beach, we went with our friends Paul and Becky and Liam.  We had a good time once we got there and the girls had fun with Liam. A 5 hour trip turned into 10 when I-95 was shut down in both directions in North Carolina for flooding, we had to detour through a few tiny little towns and it took 2 hours to go 5 miles.  I felt bad for the people and the flooding they would have to deal with so extra time to get to my vacation was no big deal.

The first day we experimented with plaster of paris and making molds in the sand, some turned out really well, others not as much, sadly 2 of ours lost fingers on the way home but it was fun to make them.  I was glad Paul could help mix the plaster I wasn't quite sure how it was going to work in the sand!

Liam

Liam buried the girls...with some help

Where there is a camera Payton will pose

More concerned about the pose than mini golf

They loved having their Daddy throw them in the pool

The best picture we could get, Payton said it was too bright.

The best one of Tung.

So sweet.

Reagan being thrown in the pool.