A Few Days at the Beach

     Last week, we had the awesome opportunity to get away and spent some time at the beach.  We are grateful to have friends who let us use their condo at Litchfield Beach.  There was enough room for my sister Olivia, her husband TJ, and their two boys to come with us, too!  The weather was pretty awful but we still managed to have a really great time.  It was in the low 70s and rained on and off every day.  There was MAYBE a total of one hour of sunshine while we were there, but luckily we spent that hour on the beach in the sand and waves.  Either way, we are grateful to get away, relax, and spend time together.  I even got a one-on-one date with my man in there!!!  So here are pictures to tell the story of how our time went:

Wednesday night we had supper at a very cool pirate-ship themed buffet.  Both boys ate their weight in food while Daddy tried out some crab legs for the first time.

After supper, we took a stroll on the beach.

I am so thankful to have captured Titus' reaction to seeing the ocean for the first time.

Playing the baseball games in Myrtle Beach.  My dad played these when he was a kid, as did my sister and I, now Marcus did.  And he LOVED it.

Even Titus got in on the action.

Daddy and Marcus playing skee ball.

He did surprisingly well at the basketball game, too.

To get a prize on the baseball machines you had to get 28 runs.  BY HIMSELF, Marcus got 36!  I was STUNNED!!!  So he picked out this dolphin.  And inside the bag is a ton of goodies he won from tickets from other games.

Sweet Daddy getting some well-deserved rest while the other babies slept.

Marcus stayed up to go through his loot.

Titus rode this thing at least three times.  And if any other children tried to get on, he wasn't letting it happen.  He would wave at people as they walked by, while he was riding. 

Sweet babies in the bath, with mohawks.

Thursday evening TJ & Olivia watched Titus while we took Marcus down to the beach for a little fun again.  Can you tell he loved the waves?

Precious Tyson enjoying a little chocolate cookie.

It was in the low 70s but we took the kids to the pirate ship pool anyhow.  We froze our butts off but they loved it.  Here, Titus was playing in the fountains that poured into the pool.

Marcus was the PERFECT age for this pool.  It was shallow, had a large pirate ship in the middle, and plenty to play on and get wet with.  Even the cannons shot water.

And again, he LOVED the ocean.

It's not a great picture of Marcus but shows you a little of the pirate ship in the background.

On our date Friday night, Mark and I found this gem.  ha!

We played on the beach for the one hour of sunshine.  It was WONDERFUL!

We dug Titus a hole and he happily sat and played in it. 

Running from the waves and laughing the entire time.

Both boys sitting in the hole.  (Titus is "smiling" here.  It's his look when you tell him to smile)

The condo we stayed in is in the background.

Titus thought rinsing off with a water hose was hilarious!

On Saturday night, TJ and Olivia had a kid-free date so we got to spend time with these two cuties.  Hunter is on the left, Tyson is on the right. 

We packed up and left out Sunday morning but stopped to play a round of mini golf on our way out of town.

They gave Titus a little plastic club and ball of his own.  This is right before Daddy hit his hole in one!

Action shot - shows how thrilled Marcus was to be here.

Love this boy.  Love that smile. 

Titus wouldn't hit his ball, but he would drop it in the hole, clap, then pick it up again.

Almost home, we stopped at the "World Famous" Beacon drive-in.  While it was good to say we've gone once, that'll probably be our last time, too.  But interesting, nonetheless!

They gave both boys hats like they wear.

Give him an apron and he's ready to cook!

The kids meal came with ice cream but it was ADULT-sized.  No complaining here.

We got home late but the boys were excited to open a package from our Canadian relatives when they woke up.

Very excited.

"A Blue Jays Jersey!"

How good does this kid look?

He even wore his Jays gear to the grocery store and helped Titus "drive" the cart.

PS - We just got back from Marcus' 4 year old and Titus' 15 month old well visits.  Both boys had to get three shots (NOT.  FUN.) but are peacefully resting now.  Both Marcus and Titus are off the charts in height (no surprise there) and are strong, healthy little boys.  Marcus was 44.5 inches tall and weighed 45 lbs.  Titus was 34 3/4 inches tall and weighs in at 23 lbs 4 oz.  Oh, and Titus' head circumference is... you guessed it, off the charts.  We'll just pretend that with a head that big, he's considered to be a genius.  ;)  He'll grow into it one day, right?