We took our family vacation this year to Myrtle Beach. The resort we went to was called Beach Cove and we heard about it from a few different friends that go every year around the same time and they love going back to the same place. It's a great place to go and the rates drop quite abit this time of year so that makes it even better. Going through the pictures is overwhelming and it's so hard to capture almost a weeks worth of time in words. Needless to say we had a wonderful time! It was such a relaxing trip and environment. It was so great to leave housework (for me) and work (for Craig) behind for a little bit and just hang out as a family doing whatever we wanted to do whenever we wanted to. So many sweet memories that weren't captured on camera, but we'll remember forever. It was sort of nice to sometimes not stress everyone out with pictures and just leave the camera behind and enjoy the moment. It all went by way too fast! We've realized the importance of family vacations and you just can't always put words or pictures with it. From waking up every morning together and starting the day together and watching the sun come up, my morning beach walk with Bradley, playing in the sand digging big holes with the kids, family walks on the beach, playing with friends, late nights on the beach, swimming in the pool and hot tub, looking for sea treasures, fun times at barefoot landing. The kids did great for being out of their normal routine for a week, Laura as always went with the flow. It was a nice environment for the ages of all the kids. We are thankful for being able to go!
Tried to get a good shot of the 3 kids and this was the best I got....Oh well...it's not the end of the world.
This was the cove and it was such a neat little spot that we would walk to everyday and look for shells. At night it would fill up with water and then in the morning we'd go look for treasure after the water went down. We found baby hermit crabs, sea urchins, sand dollars, unique shells ect... It was a highlight for the kids.
The Johnstons were there the same week with their family so it was fun to connect with them and for the kids to play together.
Peyton and Alayna pretending they were puppys. They were quite entertaining!
Bradley and the sea urchin he found
Me and my best buddy!
Sweet times with my baby
All the kiddos
These two right off the bat had a ball on the luggage rack.
The resort had 4 pools, 4 hot tubs, and a lazy river
Tried to get a good shot of the 3 kids and this was the best I got....Oh well...it's not the end of the world.
This was the cove and it was such a neat little spot that we would walk to everyday and look for shells. At night it would fill up with water and then in the morning we'd go look for treasure after the water went down. We found baby hermit crabs, sea urchins, sand dollars, unique shells ect... It was a highlight for the kids.
The Johnstons were there the same week with their family so it was fun to connect with them and for the kids to play together.
Peyton and Alayna pretending they were puppys. They were quite entertaining! Bradley and the sea urchin he found
Me and my best buddy!
Sweet times with my baby
All the kiddos
It was so relaxing sitting out on the deck in the morning for our morning coffee. We were on the 16th floor which at first almost made me want to throw up when the kids would get close to the railing. Had to get used to that.
Morning snuggle time with daddy
Sunrise
So cute....she was on a mission to get to the beach
Me and my girls
The kids thought it was cool to eat their breakfast up on the stool. I guess it's the little things that make it fun for them.
This was another highlight for them. Jumping from bed to bed.
Super Man
Bathing beauty
Sweet baby...
...all she wanted to do was eat sand
He was amused at something?
I think one of the funnest things was every night we'd go down and hang in the hot tub and pool and swim and them we go out to the beach and play tag, flashlight tag and goof off. I guess because it's something you don't always get to do. The beach and experience has a whole different feeling when you can go back and forth from beach to pool and not have to pack a ton of stuff since you are right there.
Barefoot landing is a neat little place with little shops, and restuarants and fun things for the kids to do. We all went there one night and had dinner. Bradley did this bugee jumping thing and he had so much fun. I'm mad I didn't do it now!
This was awesome being able to be up this close to the tiger. You could get your pictures taken too holding a baby one.
Bradley wanted to do the mechanical bull ride too. It was so funny!
Playing in the waves... It was crazy....Craig seen something swimming along the shore and he swore it was a Hammer Head shark and he asked the lifeguard about it and sure enough it was. The lifeguard said people see them all the time swimming around. Apparently they are bottom feeder and don't bother you. Very freaky! Craig followed it up the shore for a ways.
Morning snuggle time with daddy
Sunrise So cute....she was on a mission to get to the beach
Me and my girls
The kids thought it was cool to eat their breakfast up on the stool. I guess it's the little things that make it fun for them. This was another highlight for them. Jumping from bed to bed.
Super Man
Bathing beauty
Sweet baby......all she wanted to do was eat sand
He was amused at something?
I think one of the funnest things was every night we'd go down and hang in the hot tub and pool and swim and them we go out to the beach and play tag, flashlight tag and goof off. I guess because it's something you don't always get to do. The beach and experience has a whole different feeling when you can go back and forth from beach to pool and not have to pack a ton of stuff since you are right there.
Barefoot landing is a neat little place with little shops, and restuarants and fun things for the kids to do. We all went there one night and had dinner. Bradley did this bugee jumping thing and he had so much fun. I'm mad I didn't do it now!
This was awesome being able to be up this close to the tiger. You could get your pictures taken too holding a baby one. 
Bradley wanted to do the mechanical bull ride too. It was so funny!
Playing in the waves... It was crazy....Craig seen something swimming along the shore and he swore it was a Hammer Head shark and he asked the lifeguard about it and sure enough it was. The lifeguard said people see them all the time swimming around. Apparently they are bottom feeder and don't bother you. Very freaky! Craig followed it up the shore for a ways.
We went to King Henry's Feast for our last night and the kids loved it! Craig went to one years ago in the Navy and wanted to take us. It was a neat dinner and show, but I think I enjoyed watching to looks on Craig's and Bradley's faces as they were watching the fighting more.
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