First Kiawah Trip!

 Immediately after Jackson's end of the year school party, we headed to Kiawah for a Memorial Day beach trip! We had the best time except for a little issue with my car. Greg was in a car accident a week or so before our trip. He actually hit a deer on his way to his mountain clinic really early in the morning. Luckily he was fine but my care was damaged. They had just finished repairing my car so we headed to Kiawah! We had zero issues on the way there. However, Greg and Chuck went to Freshfields to get coffee and when they tried to come back home, my car wouldn't start. We had to have it towed to Charleston and by the time my car arrived at the Buick dealership, they were closing and didn't have time to look at it. They were closed the next day so we actually had to drive Noni's car home and leave my car in Charleston. 10 days later, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with it! Noni and Granddaddy drove it home and it was fine. Greg got back in my car to try to move it, it wouldn't start!! We had to put it in neutral and jump on it, and it started. We took it to the Buick dealership here and they fixed it in a couple of hours! Thank goodness! Despite that drama, we had a wonderful time at the beach. We surfed and Freshfields had concerts each night. So much fun!!

 Every year I have to get a picture of my boys running on the boardwalk. Not the best one but they will not slow down for a picture!

 Jackson, of course, was the first in the water to catch a few waves!

 Hold on!

 This little guy is still not so sure about the ocean. He would much rather just play in the sand. Works for me because I don't have to keep such a close eye on him!

 This was funny. We went to Freshfields to eat pizza and watch the concert. Beckett decided the spot we were at wasn't good enough, so he moved.

 The ice cream shop at Freshfields was celebrating their 10 year anniversary, so they were selling ice cream cones for 50 cents. We took advantage of that deal every night!

 The band was kind enough to share the stage with the kiddos

 Attempt at a family shot. Never easy!

 Next day we headed back for some beach fun! Another attempt at the boardwalk shot!

 Almost!

 Jackson kindly paused so I could take a picture :)

 Noni found Greg's old letterman's jacket and had it cleaned. Jackson loved it and wore it all week. He still has it hanging in his closet!

Now that the boys are getting older, we decided to attempt our first fishing charter. We decided to do a shorter 2.5 hour river charter just because I wasn't sure how they were going to do. What I didn't realize when I booked it was that it was a shark fishing charter! Boys couldn't have been more excited!!

 I hope we don't need a bigger boat!

 Ready for some fishing fun!

 Jackson holding some of the bait to catch the shark!










Beckett was a little nervous on the boat at first. For some reason, he thought it was going to quick over. He quickly got over his fear and loved it!

Here is Jackson reeling in the  first bite!

 Shark! Yikes!! Look at those teeth!!

 Once the sharks started biting, Beckett couldn't have been more excited. He had zero fear of the boat or the sharks were were going to reel in. He did great! He became quite the fishing critic. If ever we reeled in the line and we lost the shark, he would yell "You didn't catch it!"

 So excited! We ended up catching 8 sharks on the trip. At one time we had 3 sharks on the line at the same time! Needless to say, I will never swim in the river!!

 Shark #4!

 Noni reeling in her shark! Notice Beckett is right in the midst of the action. Noni actually ended up losing this shark because it ran into the anchor and broke off. We had a surprise as we pulled in the anchor though! There was Noni's shark still on the line attached to the anchor!

 Beckett's turn!

 So excited for his first catch!

 The 8th and final shark! What a fun day!!

Our fishing guide was so great with the kids. He even let Jackson drive the boat home. Future boat captain!

 Someone had a little too much fun on the boat trip!

Guess who else loves Granddaddy's papasan? We had such a great beach trip and can't wait for 4th of July for the next one!! Thanks Noni and Granddaddy for making our beach vacations so memorable!!