This was our fourth year in a row to spend Memorial Day week at Hilton Head Island. Seems like only yesterday that Allison turned two years old and we were going to the beach for the first time with the girls. Now they are seasoned pros at vacationing at the beach. The girls are much better car riders (now that they can plug in to a dvd player, or play Angry Birds on the Kindle Fire). They really were absolute angels on the long drive over and back. I managed to do a lot of the driving and not get a speeding ticket this year! Hooray!!!
We were very concerned about the weather because Tropical Storm Beryl was on track to make land fall right along the coast of South Carolina while we were there! The girls (and I) prayed fervently for sunshine and God answered those prayers. We were able to get out to the beach and go to the pool every day we were there. This year we got Allison a bike and she loved riding her own bike to the beach each day. Lauren has had her own bike the past two years. Because of our location we did not get to ride bikes to get ice cream like we have done in the past.
The girls loved the ocean. Lauren, Bill and my brother stayed in the ocean a lot. Brother taught Lauren to body surf and she had a blast doing that. We enjoyed seeing dolphins a couple of days, finding star fish and sand dollars on the beach and building sand castles.
We all agree that one week is not long enough to spend at the beach. Maybe one year, we'll be blessed to stay longer! If not, we'll be thankful for what time we do get to enjoy at our beloved Hilton Head.
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| Lauren, Uncle Bill, & Allison at the pool |
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| Lauren at the beach |
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| Allison at the beach |
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| Lauren & Uncle Bill body surfing |
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| Lauren having fun in the ocean |
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| Allison working on a sand castle |
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| Lauren and Pawpaw playing solitaire |
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| Daddy & Allison playing Solitaire |
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| Lauren & Allison at the beach after arriving at Hilton Head |
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| Daddy, Lauren, Uncle Bill & Allison braving the rough waves |
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| Lauren enjoying the waves |
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| Allison & Lauren in the ocean |
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| Lauren, Allison, Uncle Bill and Pawpaw playing in the sand |
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| Sweet Allison |
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| Daddy and Allison at the pool...Allison is wearing Uncle Bill's hat. |
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| Allison in Uncle Bill's hat |
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| Allison swimming in the ocean |
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| Lauren swimming in the ocean |
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| Uncle Bill's sand castle he built for the girls |
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| Sweet Lauren smiling for the camera |
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| Sweet sisters |
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| Lauren playing in the sand |
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| We ate dinner at a Cafe on the Beach....I had the best quesadilla I've ever had |
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| Allison and Daddy at the cafe on the beach |
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| Lauren & Allison at the beach |
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| Allison |
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| Lauren |
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| Daddy & his girls |
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| Kisses for Daddy |
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| Bill & I |
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| Kisses for Mommy |
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| Our last sand castle |
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| Uncle Bill's last sand castle for the girls |
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| Allison getting warmed up with Pawpaw |
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| Daddy & Lauren in the ocean |
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| Allison |
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| Allison & Lauren |
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| Mommy & Lauren |
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| Daddy and his girls on the last night at the beach |
