Fall Break

Mitchell and Amelia had their fall break this past Friday and Monday, so we left Dave at home (he had to work) and headed to Myrtle Beach, SC for a long weekend. We had to deal with some rainy weather, but it got better with each day that we were there and we were able to enjoy the warm weather and have a great time camping with my parents in their camper.

Our first full day at the beach (Friday) was the rainiest day there for us. We did manage to sneak in about 15 minutes on the beach under very cloudy skies before the rain started to really fall... Mitchell and Amelia were so excited to get that much time out there! Then we headed to the indoor pool where we stayed pretty much all of that day (thank goodness for the indoor pool and hot tub!). That night we all went out for a great seafood dinner... yum!

Saturday morning was still rainy, so we played in the indoor pool again until lunch. After lunch Mama, Amelia and I went shopping at Broadway at the Beach where there are lots of cute little shops to look in. Amelia is funny (and challenging) to shop with because she wants everything that she sees! We also fed the huge fish and met some friendly ducks on the boardwalk. Mitchell and Daddy hung around the campground and watched lots of football, rode bikes and ate icecream. After dinner we found a great place to play putt putt... ten holes of the 27 total holes were inside a cool building that looked like a pyramid. This worked out very well since it started to rain while we were playing! It was lots of fun!

Even though we weren't expecting great weather at all (due to what the Weather Channel was forecasting) we woke up Sunday morning to blue skies and lots of sunshine!! We were so happy! We quickly ate our wonderful breakfast of Krispie Kreme doughnuts and headed down to the beach. Can you tell that we were all excited to have a beautiful morning on the beach? The temperature was warm and we couldn't believe that we were on the beach in our bathing suits in October! We spent most of the morning on the beach, ate lunch, rode our bikes to the camp store for a dessert of ice cream, then packed up the car for the trip home. We arrived home happy and relaxed at about 11pm. What a great weekend!!