Gianna was begging me to go to the beach this summer. Well, I’m not a huge fan of the beach, so I procrastinated. But, we finally made it there for a few hours and it was the best time! We had a blast and can’t wait until our next beach trip...next year😂😂
we have some pretty awesome friends. friends that invited us out on their boat for a nice cruise to wherever we wanted to go. we all decided that since there was a chance of spotty thunderstorms (that is always the norm down here in the summer), we should stick fairly close instead of heading to savannah. so, we decided that daufuskie island was a good choice. nice place to eat and explore a bit.
the boys bellied up to the bar.
the kids kept themselves busy
he looks good as a farmer, doesn't he?
and i'm pretty sure this is as close as she will ever get to a bull in her life!
as you can see...the clouds rolled in. we rented golf carts and cruised all over the island for a few hours, hoping the clouds and waves would die down.
this looks super calm, because it was, for a while.
but, at this beach (the second one we visited), the waves started getting bigger and the sand was blowing so hard, it was stinging our legs.
this is what you get for trying to do donuts in the sand 😂
after our time was up on the golf carts, we headed toward the docks. needless to say, i have no pictures of this part of the trip because it was a "hold on for dear life and don't dare take out your camera" kind of ride back to HHI. we actually almost lost the boat before we got on because one of the lines had snapped from the waves throwing the boat all around and the other one was coming loose. we got completely soaked from the water coming up over the bow and it was an interesting ride back, to say the least.
once we were back on land, it was kind of funny. kind of. but, i'm pretty sure we are all going to be talking about that ride for a while. as roman said that night..."that was fun, but only because we didn't die".
we took this pic when we got back because not one of us had a dry spot on us and we were all ready to go home for a hot shower.
one of the best things about the school that our kids go to is their friends! they have so many great friends, which means that they get invited to parties and sleepovers all the time.
gianna was invited to her classmates' party at the beach. while we were there, we got the girls to pose in front of the gift that hurricane irma brought our island, buoy #8!
gianna and gracie had a blast at the beach that night!
imagine that...i actually went to the beach. i mean, i had to be invited, but i went!😃
the next night, the kids both wanted to have a friend over for a sleepover. roman has been begging to have his buddy shane over and it was a good weekend to do it. gianna has only had a sleepover with her cousins, so this was her first "friend sleepover". we thought that gracie would be the best choice, and sure enough, she was!
they played rocket copters outside in the dark
and the boys played robot football (that's not really what it's called, but we thought they looked like robots with their glasses on.
the girls were excited for bedtime
we pulled gianna's bed out and made a nice little theater for them to watch cinderella on gianna's ipad while they fell asleep.
can you believe i've never taken gianna to the beach? well, believe it, because it's true! i'm a bad momma. we live 15 minutes away, and i have no excuse other than it's not my thing. i hate the triple S of the beach. sweat, sand and salt. ugh. not my thing.
well, toby's friend from OH is down here on vacation and invited us to hang out at the beach on sunday afternoon, so we decided to go.
the kids decided that a good way to prepare was to have a teddy bear sandwich.
oh, and i forgot...in the morning we made a quick target run to get some big bouncy balls. not beach related, just fun. they found some fun ways to play with them and of course, monkey see, monkey do!
i guess she likes it. i guess i'm going to have to suck it up and go more often.
poppa's stuck on ocean duty. i don't go in past my ankles. more than one reason why.
i might have to get this one in black and white on canvas to match the one we have of roman and poppa like this.
they loved it!
he was crab crawling in the water and out.
i love this picture...little sis on her first beach trip...big bro in the background. so sweet.
