Myrtle Beach

Back at the beginning of May we spent a week in Myrtle Beach, SC. We planned this trip about a year ago, because even though we are close to the lovely beaches of California, I like to visit new places.

My parents came along with us which was a nice treat for everyone. The kiddos sure loved having Grammy and Papa around.

Anyway, I was a little nervous about how the kids would do on such a long flight. But not to worry, they were awesome. On each of the Phoenix/Atlanta legs, Annie had a few minutes of crying right before she fell asleep. Like, 3 minutes max. (Of course during those three minutes we got lots of rude looks from cranky old ladies. But I behaved myself and didn't say anything!)

The place we stayed was amazing--right on the beach with great pools and fun stuff for the kiddos to do. And Myrtle Beach itself was fantastic--it's definitely a tourist town, but it's very family oriented. I've never seen so many miniature golf courses in my whole life!

This was the first vacation we've taken that I can remember where I didn't feel like we needed a vacation to recover from our vacation. We did lots of relaxing, sleeping in and lounging. It was perfect! Now that we've been back a while, I'm even happier that we took the trip when we did. A week after we got home Bryan took a position as CIO with two companies that are merging, 3 days a week. Of course he's also still running his business, so we are currently in week 5 of 12-14 hour days and then doing more work when he finally gets home!

Anyway, here are a few hightlighs of our trip:

Aboard the USS North Carolina

Annie while swimming. What a cutie!

Ryan's favorite evening activity--laying on the back of the couch, playing Super Mario Brothers on the DS!

Ryan & Annie on the USS North Carolina

Bryan and the kiddos

The kids on our way home. Don't you love their shirts?

The view from our room