Six Flags St. Louis

 Our season passes to Six Flags included all of the Six Flags in the U.S.  We were thrilled to find out that there was a Six Flags in St. Louis that we could stop by on our way to Utah.

 It was so fun to see how it was different and how it was the same as the Six Flags in Georgia.

 This was the favorite ride.  It was Mr. Freeze and the boys were HUGE fans (so was I).

 We are always fans of Johnny Rockets.

 Josh always loves the shooting games.  He always beats everyone.

We had such a good time and want to go to visit more Six Flags around the U.S.!a

Myrtle Beach-Part 2

 Our second beach day most of us were recovering from sunburns (the Nelson /Palmer curse) so we stayed most of the day at the resort.  I stayed in the shade as much as I could, but the boys played in both inside and outside pools.  This group of kids was so great and everyone got along really well.

 Palmer was really cute to take care of McKay.

 The boys attempted to play shuffleboard, but as they had no idea what any of the rules were, it ended up just being hockey with shuffleboard equipment.

 This little ledge provided hours of entertainment.

 Hunter is so fearless.  He taught himself to do a back flip on this trip and must have done it over and over a million times.

 McKay was thrilled to have this little life jacket on and be able to go wherever he wanted.

 In line for water balloons.  The hotel provided balloons for a water balloon game, which eventually became a water balloon war.

 After the pool, we headed back to the beach.  The boys finally had some waves big enough for some real body surfing.

 My goofy hat and I, but I was not going to get a sunburn!

 Apparently McKay had had it with the sun too, he sat under these towels until heading back to the beach house.

 The boys rode the waves for hours and I think could have gone on longer had they had the time.

This was a bit of a quick trip, but it was dreamy just the same.  It is one of my favorite ones we have gone one.  Hopefully we get to take Josh back here some day.

Myrtle Beach South Carolina Part 1

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!!