When I was in the MTC on my mission, I met the most wonderful girl from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I heard so much about her home town from her, that I determined that one day I would go there. This sweet friend passed away a few years ago, so my desire to see the place that this wonderful girl had grown up grew stronger. Some sweet friends in our ward planned a fun getaway the week after school got out, just for moms and kids (no dads aloud :) and invited us to tag along. We were pretty happy to go, and I was especially excited to check out Myrtle Beach. We stayed in the cutest beach house at the North Plantation resort. Funny enough, I didn't get a picture of our beach house, which was similar to this one, but white, but I did get a picture of this one, because I thought the colors were just perfect.
The beach house we stayed in was behind to this amazing resort and we got to use all of their pools. It was so much fun.
After driving 6 hours (by myself I might add), to get to South Carolina, we were all pretty excited to head to the beach, but it was a little late so we just dipped our feet in it (although the boys came out pretty wet for just dipping their feet...).
The next day we got ready for the beach and headed out as soon as we could get there. Josh bought the boys body boards, and they first mistook them for surfboards. Palmer was determined to ride this thing. They figured them out later and LOVED riding the waves into the beach.
McKay had a ball playing in the sand.
Some people brought us a bucket full of crabs. The kids were all pretty freaked out about them but they were so fun to watch. We ended up setting them free, which was also fun to watch as they headed for the ocean and freedom.
That afternoon as it got pretty hot, we headed for pools and some shade. The lazy river was a favorite.
The hotel had so many fun activities for the kids and this guy came in with his birds to do a show (I am positive he is Santa Claus in the winter...).
Lincoln got chosen to go up and help.
Later that night we went to the boardwalk to explore. It was so neat and we saw all sorts of things (and people).
We got ice cream and headed back to the beach house.
This place was truly like a dream and everything was completely picturesque. We went back to the beach and watch people with flashlights digging for crabs. I am determined to do that the next time we get to the coast!!
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