A Long Overdue Family of 4 Beach Trip

We were all so excited to take a vacation as a family of four to the  beach this year!  It has been several years since we vacationed with just the four of us at the beach and it was LONG overdue!!  We left on my birthday and traveled to our favorite place, Hilton Head.

 Unfortunately, there was a mix up with the home owner and when we arrived the condo was not clean.  So we had to switch up our plans for the week.  Not a big deal, and we ended up getting our dinner out reimbursed, so all is well. :)  We decided to go ahead and head into Sea Pines to explore the shops, get new Salty Dog shirts, and have dinner.

Savannah participated in a hula hoop contest.  She almost won but got eliminated once they said you had to stand on one foot and spin in the opposite direction.  I was SO proud of her for even trying in front of so many people. :)

When we were finally back to our newly cleaned condo we celebrated my birthday with some peanut butter pie.  Yummy!!!

We got up the next morning and went on a family run/bike.  One of our favorite parts of Hilton Head is all of the shaded bike trails.  The kids easily biked while Dave and I ran.  Then we went back, packed lunches, and walked to the beach!  What a blessing to be on our own relaxed schedule.  We spent over 4 hours at the beach both days we were there.  The weather was absolutely perfect the entire time.

Dave spent a LOT of time in the water and digging in the sand with the kiddos.  We started and finished a read a loud book, Mr. Poppers Penguins, and just loved being able to watch the kids play together.  They were completely content to sit on the boggie board and dig/splash/kick in the small water pools.

Of course we had to fit in some mini golf before dinner one night!  It was a super hard course, but fun to do together.  All in all it was a fabulous trip and a great way to wrap up our summer.  It's hard to believe that school starts in one week, but I think we're all ready!