THE BEACH!

Our family went on a great vacation. We went to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina. We stayed in a place that was just like a condo. It had 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms a kitchen and a living room. A balcony looking at the ocean. A private beach. Because we went the las week in August it was pretty empty. A good price as well :) The girls had so much fun. Brett and I did as well. Brett teased me that i am more a "day tripper" go to the beach for the day and i am good. Which is pretty true. The sand is so evil. It gets everywhere and the salt burns yeah baby. Luckily the place had a water park down the road that was free to us, so we went there a few times and had a great time. they had a lazy river that the girls could not get enough of. We also went to Ripleys aquarium, we saw lots of neat fish and an octopus. The girls got to pet a sting ray and watch a scuba diver feed the sting rays and sharks. Very cool. I took Jolie and Genevieve on the pirate ship ride, you know the one at carnivals and Cedar point that goes super high, doesn't flip over but really high back and forth. Yeah bad idea. Genna hated it, screamed get me off and then buried her face in my arm. Jolie was a little nervous, but i just had her do the trick my dad taught me " Scream it out" She did and it worked, she was begging to go again. We didn't. We did ride the Carousel, which genna chose a horse that didn't move she was still in recoop mode. We also went to Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede. It is a dinner show. When i called to get the tickets, the lady asked if i wanted tickets on the north side or the south side, so i asked her which was the better seat. She replies well, where are you from. ahh, i see a south vs. the north. Well since we live in Virginia and were in South Carolina we went with the seats on the South. The show was fabulous. The girls were mesmorized and even jillian ate all her food. It was good food too. The south won, although were pretty sure it was rigged :) On the way back we decided to stop at Larry and Mindy's house. Brett's brother and his wife and there little boy James. It was so nice being with them and so nice of them to let us stay a night. We love you guys.
Before we went on vacation, the girls and I were in Michigan for 2 weeks. I of course did not have my camera with me, but i know grandma and Aunt Kristi have some fun pics so i'll have to get them some time. We had a great visit and miss them tons. It's late and i need to go to bed so i will post more pics tommorow.