Saturday, July 5, 2014

Hilton Head 2014

Last week we enjoyed a visit to Hilton Head with my parents.  We survived the long car trip and were thankful to do it this time with air conditioning.  We had pretty great weather and really enjoyed the visit.  The kids all loved swimming in the ocean.  We even had dolphins swimming in close proximity to us one day which was really cool.  The not so cool was the jellyfish on the last day but we avoided them.  We had a great visit.

Tommy was very excited to play in the sand with Poppy.  He even told her "time to get back to work" when she took a break.
Climbing all over Daddy in the ocean.
We went on a pirate cruise one day.  Tommy wasn't too excited about participating but he did have fun playing with his new sword.

This was the second year the girls and I did the cruise and they really enjoyed searching for Stinky Pete and the treasure.
Tommy did love shooting Stinky Pete with the water cannon.  Definitely the highlight of the pirate cruise.
Their favorite part of the Harbourtown playground.
PaPa and Hadley on the sea turtle at the playground.
Our third trip to Hilton Head but our first trip to Salty Dog.
They even got their picture with the Salty Dog.
Making sand cakes
Madeleine doing her teen beach movie pose.
Riding bikes on the beach is definitely one of the best things.
Pony rides in Sea Pines.   Tommy was all excited but then wouldn't get on when he saw the size of the pony.  He wanted a smaller pony.
Hadley on her pony ride
A windy day at the beach
Gregg Russell on our 3rd attempt.  Attempt one  resulted in ice cream in the rain.  Attempt two ended in running back to the car in the rain after two songs.  Attempt 3 was a great night in Harbourtown.
The girls made a spa on the beach.
The whole family had a great time swimming in the ocean.
More ocean fun
The first time Tommy has really taken to the water.  He said he has never been in this river before.
The best time of the day at the beach.   The kids love playing in the waves.
Kite flying

The kids running after the kite while Jim enjoyed flying it.
Hadley flying the lady bug kite... a little easier than the parafoil
Posing again on the beach
My mom and the kids... a favorite back shot.

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