During these weird times, we must find silver linings. A major silver lining for me is that mom retired from her very stressful and time-consuming job. With her retirement, she and dad decided they were LONG overdue for a vacation/ get away. Over the summer, they booked two weeks at a big ol' ocean front beach house at the wonderfully laid back Edisto. The house had 7 bedrooms, was dog-friendly, and was literally 30 steps from the deck steps to the water at high tide. (I will try to remember to get the group shot- it was on T's phone)
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My beach boys.
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This big guys about "uprooted" our plans of getting to the beach. Fell and blocked us and neighbors for about 1/2 a day
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| Veiw from the deck. |
It worked out where I had accumulated many hours of comp time from over the summer and one of the weeks they booked was a virtual week so S, B and I took off for a wonderful week of perfect, fall beach weather. Both my brothers and their crew were able to come as well. I hated having to leave half of my family but their football schedules would allow them to come.
The kids had more water time than I had expected. It was cold but I even managed to swim for 2 days. We had ocean swimming, boogie boarding, ocean kayaking, karaoke night, bike rides, scooter rides, board games, farmer's market shopping, and so much good food.
The Outside Activities
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| Our little house |
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| Group bike/ scooter ride |
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| Pretty clouds |
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| Owen was so sweet helping Bennett get out with the kayak |
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Just Shep and Caelum kayaking in the ocean
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| Poor boy is freezing |
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Siblings
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Oakley would play ball all day long
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All the kids made this impressive sand maze
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The babies of the family #4
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Mom and I biked 8 miles around Edisto
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Members of Stillwater Christian Academy
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Isla giving Shep a good cleaning
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Love it.Shep and Oak
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Missing the oldest two cousins but these 6 got along so well this week.
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The Inside Activities
Dancing
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| Queenie and kid dance party |
Karaoke Night
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Tarra and Eva dueting
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| Uncle Nolan nailed it |
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A little sass from Anna singing "Zombie"
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| Nap Time with Oak |
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Beach Food... Sushi Night
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Shep and Eva making some brownies
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Zach picked the the Switch and it was like a moth to a flame
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Thank you Queenie and Mantis for the best fall getaway.
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M&Q with I&O
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